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Al-Maʿarri Quotes: Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.
         

Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.


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Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.
         



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This page presents the quote "Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.". Author of this quote is Al-Maʿarri. This quote is about scoundrels, morals, secular-morality, shame, responsibility, shameful, fairness, ethics, scoundrel,.