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O, happy they that never saw the court, Nor ever knew great men but by report!
O, happy they that never saw the court, Nor ever knew great men but by report!
Approximate author period: c. 1602 AD · renaissance
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- John Webster
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- Approximate author period: c. 1602 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period evidence for John Webster: documented activity in 1602. Wikidata Q225904, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225904 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 341 · quotation 26 · John Webster · The White Devil; or, Vittoria Corombona Act V. Sc. VI.
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