"Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon him too easily that has transgressed is to wrong him that transgresses not."

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Source : Baldassare Castiglione (2012). “The Book of the Courtier”, p.32, Courier Corporation

Baldassare Castiglione

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