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320 SNAKES IN SUITS
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“The man without moral feeling is the kind who will
take an oath with no sense of responsibility....By nature
he is a base kind of person, lacking the most elementary
sense of decency and capable of absolutely nothing. He
leaves his mother without support in her old age....
knows the inside of the town jail better than his own
house. . . . In court, he is capable of playing any role: defendant,
plaintiff, or witness. He knows a good many
rascals.”
—Theophrastus, c. 280 B.C.