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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

270 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:270
AUTHOR:Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
QUOTATION:To kerke the narre from God more farre, 1
  Has bene an old-sayd sawe;
And he that strives to touche a starre
  Oft stombles at a strawe.
ATTRIBUTION:The Shepheardes Calender. July. Line 97.
 
Note 1.
See Heywood, Quotation 40. [back]