None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is …

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None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite. ✨ John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office, p.139
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