"Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice."
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"Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice."
"At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself."
"We wake sleeping, and sleep waking. I do not see so clearly in my sleep; but as to my being awake, I never found it clear enough and free from clouds."