"And oftentimes, excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach, Discredit more in hiding of the fault, Than did the fault before it was so patched."
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William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act IV, scene 2, line 30.
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