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“Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Apology. Line 232.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- d052b7ce87021f1af6e14f98b4fe5be20e1d95f177d61beba6664f5cbf9ec030
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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