John Harington

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    “Fair, rich, and young: how rare is her perfection,
    Were it not mingled with one foul infection!
    I mean, so proud a heart, so curst a tongue,
    As makes her seem nor fair, nor rich, nor young.”
    —Sir John Harington (1561–1612)

    “Treason doth never prosper; what’s the reason?
    For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
    —Sir John Harington (1561–1612)