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

7692 Edward Robert

 
NUMBER:7692
AUTHOR:Edward Robert, Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith) Bulwer-Lytton (1831–1891)
QUOTATION:The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings.
Grasp it firmly, it stings not. 1 
ATTRIBUTION:Lucile. Part iii. Canto ii.
 
Note 1.
Walt Whitman: Roaming in Thought. [back]
 


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