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The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow
The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow
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- Author or tradition
- the word no longer belongs to the speaker when it has once passed his lips.
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- Not established
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Supplied reference C; CSV row 168385; supplied attribution, independently unverified
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