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All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

Richard Whately

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Richard Whately
Age: 76 †
Born: 1787
Born: February 1
Died: 1863
Died: October 8
Economist
Philosopher
Priest
Theologian
London
England
Wall
Support
Always
Frauds
Like
Mortar
Devised
Fraud
Decay
Tend

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