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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
Sir William Temple. (1628–1699)
 
 
1
    Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed.
          Ancient and Modern Learning.
2
    No clap of thunder in a fair frosty day could more astonish the world than our declaration of war against Holland in 1672.
          Memoirs. Vol. ii. p. 255.
3
    When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
          Miscellanea. Part ii. Of Poetry.
 

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