Quote#Death
I think it a greater theft to Rob the dead of their Praise, then the…
Quote byEdward Ravenscroft · 1654–1707
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Preface to Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia (1686); quoted in The Shakespeare Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakespeare from 1591-1700, vol 2, ed. John Munro (1932)..
English (original)
I think it a greater theft to Rob the dead of their Praise, then the Living of their Money.
— Edward Ravenscroft
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