Social Commentaries

Of Treason

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4

Social Commentaries

TReason doth neuer prosper, what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.

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Book 4, Epigram 5

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