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

1361 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1361
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it; he died
As one that had been studied in his death
To throw away the dearest thing he owed,
As ’t were a careless trifle.
ATTRIBUTION:Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 4.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.