| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 29041 |
| QUOTATION: | Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not yet the use of tongue, Make it thy slave, while thou art free; Imprison it, lest it do thee. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Hoskyns (15661638), British lawyer, wit. To His Son.
Written from prison in the Tower of London. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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