To Go To Law, Is For Two Persons To Kindle A Fire At Their Own Cost, To Warm Others, And Singe Themselves To Cinde

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To go to law, is for two persons to kindle a fire at their own cost,
to warm others, and singe themselves to cinders; and because they
cannot agree, to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to
unplume themselves, that others may be decorated with their feathers.
-- Feltham

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