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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 8566 |
| AUTHOR: | Terence (c. 185 or c. 195– B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Phormio. Act iii. Sc. 2, 21. (506.) |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. A proverbial expression, which, according to Suetonius, was frequently in the mouth of Tiberius Cæsar. [back] |
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