| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4340 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?1774) |
| QUOTATION: | The dog, to gain his private ends, Went mad, and bit the man. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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