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Leonard Bacon
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“Thou shalt not get found out" is not one of God's commandments, and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.”
Leonard Bacon (1802–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 511.
“I insist that my positive knowledge, however small, is not to be set aside for the gentleman's ignorance, however great.”
Leonard Bacon (1802–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Friends' Intelligencer and Journal (1898) Volume 55, p. 210. No earlier source for this quotation is given, or has otherwise been identified. Several variants are found elsewhere, e.g., ""I cannot allow my o…