![Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears.
[Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/tattletales-and-those-who-listen-to-their-slander-by-my-good-will-should-all-b.jpg)
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