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John Bartlett
(1820–1905).
Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
1919.
NUMBER:
1942
AUTHOR:
Francis Bacon
(1561–1626)
QUOTATION:
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
ATTRIBUTION:
Of Marriage and Single Life.
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