Quotation by Shakespeare

I shall not want false witness to condemn me,
Nor store of treasons to augment my guilt.
The ancient proverb will be well effected:
"A staff is quickly found to beat a dog."
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Duke of Gloucester, in Henry VI, Part 2, act 3, sc. 1, l. 168-71.

On being accused of treason.
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