John Dryden, The Cock and the Fox, line 285.
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Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time, But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime.
— John Dryden on Homicide
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time, But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime." in the context of "John Dryden, The Cock and the Fox, line 285." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Homicide" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 634.)
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