Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting. ✨ 1598-…

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Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting. ✨ 1598-9 Dauphin, to King Charles. HenryV, act 2, sc.4, l.73-4.
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