Quote#God & Faith
Of justice yet must God in fine restore
Quote byThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset · 1536–1608
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Gorboduc (1561), Act 5, sc. 2, last lines; the play was written in collaboration with Thomas Norton, though Acts 4 and 5 were apparently Sackville's work alone..
English (original)
Of justice yet must God in fine restore, This noble crowne unto the lawful heire For right will alwayes live, and rise at length, But wrong can never take deepe roote to last.
— Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
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