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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 9582 |
| AUTHOR: | Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) |
| QUOTATION: | “There, take,” says Justice, “take ye each a shell; We thrive at Westminster on fools like you. ’T was a fat oyster! live in peace,—adieu.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Epître ii. |
| Note 1. See Pope, Quotation 225. [back] |
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