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From your confessor, lawyer and physician,
Hide not your case on no condition.

Sir John Harrington (1561-1612) English courtier, writer, inventor (also "John Harington")
“Metamorphosis of Ajax” (1596)

Added on 5-Nov-08 | Last updated 5-Nov-08
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Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Sir John Harrington (1561-1612) English courtier, writer, inventor (also "John Harington")
Epigrams, Book iv, Epistle 5 “Of Treason”

Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 1-Feb-04
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