Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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The jury, passing on the prisoner's life,

May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two

Guiltier than him they try.

Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 1.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 1.

This will last out a night in Russia,

When nights are longest there.

Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 1.

Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it?