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Ah! justice is a virtue bepraised and full of worth,         It castigates the sinner, and peoples all the earth,         And kings with care should guard it--instead they now forget         The gem that is most precious in all the coronet.         Some think they may do justice by cruelty, I wist;         But 'tis an evil counsel, for justice must consist         In showing deeds of mercy, in knowledge of the truth,         And executing judgment it executes with ruth.                                                                     Pedro Lopez de Ayala.

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