| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 10450 |
| AUTHOR: | Appendix |
| QUOTATION: | Paradise of fools; Fools paradise. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The earliest instance of this expression is found in William Bulleins Dialogue, p. 28 (1573). It is used by Shakespeare, Middleton, Milton, Pope, Fielding, Crabbe, and others. |
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