John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9871 Old Testament John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9871 |
| AUTHOR: | Old Testament |
| QUOTATION: | They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Psalm lviii. 4, 5. [text] |
| Note 1. Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.—Ibid. [back] |