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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:7494
AUTHOR:Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
QUOTATION:We do not what we ought,
  What we ought not, we do,
And lean upon the thought
  That Chance will bring us through.
ATTRIBUTION:Empedocles on Etna.
 

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