"I tell you, guilt dwells nowhere but in the eyes of the accuser. This men know even as they deny it, which is why they so often make murder their absolution. The truth of crime lies not with the victim but with the witness."
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"To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it."
"Murder... murder... Can you prove it was murder? I didn't think you could prove it was murder. She was dying in any event."
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