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Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Charles Churchill

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Charles Churchill
Died: 1764
Died: November 4
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City of Westminster
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Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.
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