Lancelot tried to have a Word. His Word was valuable to him… - T. H. White

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Lancelot tried to have a Word. His Word was valuable to him not only because he was good, but also because he was bad. It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them.

T. H. White

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Terence Hanbury White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English author best known for his Arthurian novels.

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Pen Names: James Aston

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It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them.

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