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And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.
And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.
Approximate author period: c. 1711 AD · early modern
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- Isaac Watts
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- Approximate author period: c. 1711 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Divine Songs. Song xv.
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