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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 44314 |
| QUOTATION: | I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William, Earl Of Pitt (1708–1778), British statesman. speech, Jan. 14, 1766, to House of Commons. Attacking the Rockingham ministry. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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