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

8111 George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8111
AUTHOR:George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
QUOTATION:  You think that you are Ann’s suitor; that you are the pursuer and she the pursued; that it is your part to woo, to persuade, to prevail, to overcome. Fool: it is you who are the pursued, the marked-down quarry, the destined prey.
ATTRIBUTION:Man and Superman. Act. ii.
WORKS:George Bernard Shaw Collection.