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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:8908
AUTHOR:Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120)
QUOTATION:Like watermen, who look astern while they row the boat ahead. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Whether ’t was rightfully said, Live Concealed.
 
Note 1.
See Burton, Quotation 9. [back]
 

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