Reference for Bava Kamma 213:4

וגבי מלוה הוא דאיכא למימר הכי אבל גבי פקדון מעיז ומעיז

was desirous of repudiating the claim altogether, and the reason that he did not deny it outright is<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not perhaps on account of honesty. ');">¹⁰</span> because no man is brazen-faced [enough to do so].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fact that he admitted a part of the claim is to a certain extent a proof that he found it almost impossible to deny the claim outright. ');">¹¹</span> It may consequently be argued that he was on this account inclined<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'willing'. ');">¹²</span>

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