Quote#Self
A clere conscience is a sure carde
Quote byJohn Lyly · 1554–1606
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Euphues and His England, Euphues, p. 207, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "This is a sure card", Thersytes, c. 1550.
English (original)
A clere conscience is a sure carde.
— John Lyly
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