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NEMO REPENTE TURPISSIMUS; EPIGRAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE

First Line: BOB SAWYER TO A MAN OF LAW
Last Line: "IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO MAKE A LAWYER!"
Subject(s): LAW & LAWYERS;

BOB SAWYER to a man of law
Repeating once the Roman saw,
"Nemo repente" -- and the rest,
Was answered thus: "Well, I protest,
However classic your quotation,
I do not see the application."
"'T is plain enough," responded Sawyer:
"It takes three years to make a lawyer!"



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