Quote#Wisdom
My shirt is near me, but my skin is nearest
Quote byThomas Lodge · 1558–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Margarite of America (1596), p. 103.
English (original)
My shirt is near me, but my skin is nearest.
— Thomas Lodge
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