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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2381 Samuel Butler 1612-1680 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2381
AUTHOR:Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
QUOTATION:I am not now in fortune’s power:
He that is down can fall no lower. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 877.
 
Note 1.
He that is down needs fear no fall.—John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress, part ii. [back]