Social Commentaries

Of Plaine dealing

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 1

Social Commentaries

MY writings oft displease you: what's the matter
You loue not to heare truth, nor I to flatter.

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Book 1, Epigram 59

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