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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:8899
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedæmonian, “I do not believe you can do as much.” “True,” said he, “but every goose can.”
ATTRIBUTION:Remarkable Speeches.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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