Ninth Earl

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    Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
    Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 20:16.

    The ninth commandment.

    If a man, notoriously and designedly, insults and affronts you, knock him down; but if he only injures you, your best revenge is to be extremely civil to him in your outward behaviour, though at the same time you counterwork him, and return him the compliment, perhaps with interest.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)