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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:4305
AUTHOR:Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
QUOTATION:Truth from his lips prevail’d with double sway,
And fools who came to scoff, remain’d to pray. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Deserted Village. Line 179.
 
Note 1.
See Dryden, Quotation 27. [back]
 

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