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Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.
Walter Savage Landor ↗

Approximate author period: c. 1819 AD · industrial

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Walter Savage Landor
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Approximate author period: c. 1819 AD · industrial
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