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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 2363 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Butler (1612–1680) |
| QUOTATION: | The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 359. |
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