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		<title>Moliere -- Le Misanthrope, Act 1, sc. 1 (1666) [tr. Wilbur (1954)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALCESTE: Some men I hate for being rogues; the others I hate because they treat the rogues like brothers, And, lacking a virtuous scorn for what is vile, Receive the villain with a complaisant smile. &#160; [Je hais tous les hommes: Les uns, parce qu&#8217;ils sont méchants et malfaisants, Et les autres, pour être aux [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">ALCESTE: Some men I hate for being rogues; the others<br />
<span class="tab">I hate because they treat the rogues like brothers,<br />
And, lacking a virtuous scorn for what is vile,<br />
<span class="tab">Receive the villain with a complaisant smile.</span></span></p>
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<em><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">[Je hais tous les hommes:<br />
Les uns, parce qu&#8217;ils sont méchants et malfaisants,<br />
<span class="tab">Et les autres, pour être aux méchants complaisants,<br />
Et n&#8217;avoir pas pour eux ces haines vigoureuses<br />
<span class="tab">Que doit donner le vice aux âmes vertueuses.]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></p>
<br><b>Molière</b> (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]<br><i>Le Misanthrope</i>, Act 1, sc. 1 (1666) [tr. Wilbur (1954)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/misanthropetartu00moli/page/22/mode/2up?q=%22some+men+i+hate%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Plays_of_Moli%C3%A8re_in_French_with_a_N/71qHR4Zj1KYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22whatever%20insulting%22">Source (French)</a>). Alternate translations: <br><br>

<blockquote>I hate all men: some, because they are wicked and mischievous; others because they lend themselves to the wicked, and have not that healthy contempt with which vice ought to inspire all virtuous minds.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_dramatic_works_of_Moli%C3%A8re/1on2BpTRSJkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22healthy%20contempt%22">Van Laun</a> (1878)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I hate all men -- some because they are wicked and mischievous, and others for being complaisant to -- the wicked, and not having that vigorous hatred for them which vice ought to excite in all virtuous minds.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedies00molirich/page/394/mode/2up?q=%22i+hate+all+men%22">Mathew</a> (1890)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I hate all men: some because they are wicked and evil-doers; others because they fawn upon the wicked, and dare not show that vigorous hatred which virtuous souls should feel to vice. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moli%C3%A8re/wbLfngFjN_MC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22merit%20groan%22">Wormeley</a> (1894)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I hate all men: some, because they are wicked and mischievous; others, because they are lenient towards the wicked, and have not that healthy contempt for them with which vice ought to inspire all honest souls.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Plays_of_Moli%C3%A8re_in_French_with_a_N/71qHR4Zj1KYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22wicked%20and%20mischievous%22">Waller</a> (1903)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">I hate all men:<br>
A part, because they’re wicked and do evil;<br>
The rest, because they fawn upon the wicked,<br>
And fail to feel for them that healthy hatred<br>
Which vice should always rouse in virtuous hearts.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Misanthrope_(Moli%C3%A8re)#:~:text=I%20hate%20all,in%20virtuous%20hearts.">Page</a> (1913)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">I detest all men;<br>
Some because they are wicked and do evil,<br>
Others because they tolerate the wicked,<br>
Refusing them the active, vigorous scorn<br>
Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/eightplaysbymoli00moli/page/226/mode/2up?q=%22i+detest+all+men%22">Bishop</a> (1957)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">I hate all men:<br>
For some are wholly bad in thought and deed;<br>
<span class="tab">The others, seeing this, pay little heed;<br>
For they are too indulgent and too nice<br>
<span class="tab">To share the hate that virtue has for vice.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/classiccomedies0000unse/page/240/mode/2up?q=%22i+hate+all+men%22">Frame</a> (1967)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>White, Ken -- &#8220;Fault Lines&#8221; blog, Mimeslaw.com (8 Jun 2016)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite what Hollywood would lead you to believe, we criminal defense attorneys do not advocate lenient sentences for all wrongdoers as a matter of policy. [&#8230;] Our role is to stand beside our clients, no matter who they are or what they did, and be their advocates, the one person required to plead their case [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite what Hollywood would lead you to believe, we criminal defense attorneys do not advocate lenient sentences for all wrongdoers as a matter of policy.  [&#8230;] Our role is to stand beside our clients, no matter who they are or what they did, and be their advocates, the one person required to plead their case and argue their interests. This is the closest our society comes to grace or humility.  It&#8217;s grace because we give this support to defendants whether they deserve it by any objective measure, and it&#8217;s humility because we know the system is so capable of grave error in accusing and punishing. </p>
<br><b>Ken White</b> (b. c. 1969) American constitutional and criminal attorney, prosecutor, blogger<br>&#8220;Fault Lines&#8221; blog, Mimeslaw.com (8 Jun 2016) 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="http://mimesislaw.com/fault-lines/brock-turner-the-sort-of-defendant-who-is-spared-severe-impact/10288" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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