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With death doomed to grapple,
Beneath the cold slab he
Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the abbey.

Byron's epitaph for Pitt

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When doctrines meet with general approbation,
It is not heresy, but reformation.

David Garrick [1717-1779]

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Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

John Harington [1561-1612]

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