John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4430 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4430 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thoughts and Details on Scarcity. Vol. v. p. 156. |
| Note 1. We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.—Cause of the Present Discontents, vol. i. p. 439. [back] |