| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32779 |
| QUOTATION: | Call a truce, then, to our labourslet us feast with friends and neighbours, And be merry as the custom of our caste; For if faint and forced the laughter, and if sadness follow after, We are richer by one mocking Christmas past. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Rudyard Kipling (18651936), British author, poet. Christmas in India. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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