He that speaks first in his own cause seems just; until his neighbor comes and examines him.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Are not those who condemn their sin truer Christians than those who think to defend it? “The just accuses himself in the beginning of his words.” He who accuses himself when he sins is just, not he who praises himself.
