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There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

George Farquhar

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George Farquhar
Died: 1707
Died: April 29
Actor
Dramatist
Playwright
Stage Actor
Writer
Derry
Northern Ireland
Geo. Farquhar
Mr. Farquhar
Crime
Poverty
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Rags
Shameful
Scandal

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