Frederick the Great once visited a prison. At each cell, the inmate invariably proclaimed their innocence. Finally, he reached a cell where the convict remained quietly seated on his bed. Frederick looked in and said: “And what crime are you innocent of?” Convict: “I am guilty and deserve to be here.” Frederick turned to the guards and said: “Release this man, we can’t have a guilty man tainting all these innocent fellows in here.”
– Hume 34
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