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It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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