“The better day, the better deed.”
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) English playwright and poet
Act iii. Sc. 1. Compare: "The better day, the worse deed", Mathew Henry, Commentaries, Genesis iii.
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“The better day, the worse deed.”
Genesis 3.
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