They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.

~ Bob Dylan

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The wise will hide your follies and help you learn, but the wicked ones will gossip about it with scoundrels.

~ Aniruddha Sastikar

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Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.

~ Al-Maʿarri

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