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“One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 83fcc9853b71b8d69b32694b01e025d432b9ae3ae355ff3a633a11b2b3543348
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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