Quote#Wisdom
I wait not at the lawyer's gates
Quote byRichard Carew · 1555–1620
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Survey of Cornwall (1602), Book II.
English (original)
I wait not at the lawyer's gates, Nor shoulder-climbers down the stairs.
— Richard Carew
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