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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 2110 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | Like the watermen that row one way and look another. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader. |
| Note 1. Like watermen who look astern while they row the boat ahead.—Plutarch: Whether ’t was rightfully said, Live concealed. Like rowers, who advance backward.—Montaigne: Of Profit and Honour, book iii. chap. i. [back] |
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