| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2116 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (15771640) |
| QUOTATION: | Like Æsops fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader. |
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