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“I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereunto.”
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- Source:
- Maxims of the Law. Preface.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 4342a31f5240f6b18ce9d377e5cac1229a50a1e43ae693ea8b4f573a2c3d8065
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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