William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper Quote

There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.


Attorney-General v. Barnes et uxor (1707), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 5; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 245-248.


There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.

There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.

There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.

There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.