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NUMBER:24575
QUOTATION:An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.
ATTRIBUTION:John Gay (1685–1732), British dramatist, poet. “The Shepherd’s Dog and the Wolf,” pt. 1, l. 33-4, Fables (1727).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
 
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