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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

7060 Robert Browning 1812-1889 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7060
AUTHOR:Robert Browning (1812–1889)
QUOTATION:          Are there not, dear Michal,
Two points in the adventure of the diver,—
One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge;
One, when a prince he rises with his pearl?
Festus, I plunge.
ATTRIBUTION:Paracelsus. Part i.