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“The fear o' hell 's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Epistle to a Young Friend.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 1c7b67af5e45f20f3f1519a944b54b99f08c1488f31939366fa7a5a4e22d0c30
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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