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One day a Thief was carried to the Gallows, and as his Confessor ask’d him whether he was not sorry for having committed the Theft for which he was going to suffer, Yes, reply’d the Malefactor, But I am still more sorry that I did not steal enough to bribe my Judges.
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Un jour on menoit un voleur à la Potence, & comme son Confesseur lui demandoit s’il n’étoit pas faché d’avoir commis le larcin pour lequel il alloit être pendu: Ouy, lui repondit le Criminel, mais ce qui me fache advantage, c’est de n’avoir pas assez volé pour corrompre mes Juges.