| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 8517 |
| AUTHOR: | Plautus (c. 254184 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | These things are not for the best, nor as I think they ought to be; but still they are better than that which is downright bad. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Trinummus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 111. (392.) |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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