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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3039 |
| AUTHOR: | John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680) |
| QUOTATION: | For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | An allusion to Horace, Satire x. Book i. |
| Note 1. Thou best-humour’d man with the worst-humour’d muse!—Oliver Goldsmith: Retaliation. Postscript. [back] |
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