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Dickens is often thought to be the originator of this quote through the personage of the lawyer Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist
The first reference to this quote, however is in a play credited to Henry Glapthorne in 1653
As Dickens was a voracious reader it is possible that he came across this in his reading and later dragged it from his memory banks
when writing Oliver Twist.