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But he who never sins can little boast Compared to him who goes and sins no more!
But he who never sins can little boast Compared to him who goes and sins no more!
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- N. P. Willis (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 712 · quotation 9 · N. P. Willis · The Lady Jane. Canto II. St. 44.
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