| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 8717 |
| AUTHOR: | Phaedrus (fl. 1st cent. A.D.) |
| QUOTATION: | A fly bit the bare pate of a bald man, who in endeavouring to crush it gave himself a hard slap. Then said the fly jeeringly, You wanted to revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death; what will you do to yourself, who have added insult to injury? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book v. Fable 3, 1. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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