The much maligned Polonius in Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 602) speaks eloquently of how passionate advocacy is no friend of the truth.
Ay, springes to catch woodcocks! I do know,
When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul
Lends the tongue vows. These blazes, daughter,
Giving more light than heat, extinct in both
Even in their promise, as it is a-making,
You must not take for fire.
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