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Quotation by Shakespeare
Authority, though it err like others,
Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself,
That skins the vice o' the top.
Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself,
That skins the vice o' the top.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Isabella, in Measure for Measure, act 2, sc. 2, l. 134-6.
Reminding Angelo that men may use authority to cover ("skin") their vices without remedying them.
Reminding Angelo that men may use authority to cover ("skin") their vices without remedying them.
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