John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2007 Thomas Middleton 1580-1627 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2007 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) |
| QUOTATION: | That disease Of which all old men sicken,—avarice. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Roaring Girl. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. So for a good old gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice. Lord Byron: Don Juan, canto i. stanza 216. [back] |