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Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:57:11 -0600
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> They hang the man and flog the woman
> That steal the goose from off the common,
> But let the greater villain loose
> That steals the common from the goose.
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I've known this for a long time but had forgotten it -- and now I can't
even remember its source. Is it by anon or does it have a known author?
In any case it's a wonderful epigram.

Carrol

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