| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2135 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (15771640) |
| QUOTATION: | Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 12. |
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