Quote#Death
There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the…
Quote byWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper · 1665–1723
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Attorney-General v. Barnes et uxor (1707), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 5; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 245-248..
English (original)
There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.
— William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
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