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He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it; Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made?
He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it; Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made?
Approximate author period: c. 1640 AD · renaissance
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- Samuel Butler
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- Approximate author period: c. 1640 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 377.
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