| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8740 |
| QUOTATION: | A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Browne (16051682), British physician, author. Religio Medici, pt. 1, sct. 6 (1643). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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