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Qui facit per alium facit per se.
He who acts through another acts for himself.

Motto of Perse Grammar School, U.K.

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Qui facit per alium facit per se.
What a man does through an agent, he does himself.

A man (or woman) must accept responsibility when he/she empowers another to act in his/her place. A legal term that states that the acts of an agent are the acts of the principal.

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