Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea.

The Rape of the Lock. Canto iii. Line 7.

At every word a reputation dies.

The Rape of the Lock. Canto iii. Line 16.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,

And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The Rape of the Lock. Canto iii. Line 21.

Coffee, which makes the politician wise,

And see through all things with his half-shut eyes.

The Rape of the Lock. Canto iii. Line 117.