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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6731 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6731
AUTHOR:Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892)
QUOTATION:How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,—
As tho’ to breathe were life!
ATTRIBUTION:Ulysses.