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“Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant: Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant: Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Lie.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- dd061b5fd83b4dd5c6ee0afc081284370c8afbbd13e2559210146a287cdd5b29
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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