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 More the Merrier (The).More’no (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
More one has, the More he Desires (The).
 
In French, Plus il en a, plus il en veut. In Latin, Quo plus habent, co plus cupiunt.   1
       
“My more having would be a source
To make me hunger more.”
       
Shakespeare: Macbeth, iv. 3.
 


 More the Merrier (The).More’no (3 syl.). 

 
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