“Lord of myself, accountable to none,
But to my conscience, and my God alone.”

— John Oldham (poet)

Satire addressed to a Friend, line 36; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).

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English satirical poet and translator 1653–1683

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