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Wait a minute, he has basically used his answer to impune my integrity.

From Time Nov. 14, 2015

To paraphrase the Scottish national motto, Nemo me impune lactessit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whoever trifled with him was apt to learn sooner than he wished that nemo me impune lacessit was a saying which was to be taken very literally from Johnson's mouth.

From Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey

The motto "Nemo me impune lacessit," does not appear until James VI. adopted it on his coinage.

From Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 by Various

Cactuses are the hedgehogs of the vegetable world; their motto is Nemo me impune lacessit.

From Science in Arcady by Grant Allen



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