Quote#Wisdom
Yea, Custance, better (they say) a bad excuse than none
Quote byNicholas Udall · 1505–1557
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553), Gawin Goodluck, Act V, sc. ii..
English (original)
Yea, Custance, better (they say) a bad excuse than none.
— Nicholas Udall
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