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To wipe off the froth of falsehood from the foaming lips of…
Quote byAlgernon Charles Swinburne · 1837–1909
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Under the Microscope (1872), p. 26.
English (original)
To wipe off the froth of falsehood from the foaming lips of inebriated virtue, when fresh from the sexless orgies of morality and reeling from the delirious riot of religion, may doubtless be a charitable office.
— Algernon Charles Swinburne
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