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VILLIERS, Duke of Buckingham, was making his complaint to Sir John
Cutler, a rich miser, of the disorder of his affairs, and asked him what
he should do to avoid the ruin. Live as I do, my lord, said Sir John.
That I can do, answered the duke, when I am ruined.
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