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

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The Knight of Malta. Act i. Sc. 1.

Nothing can cover his high fame but heaven;

No pyramids set off his memories,

But the eternal substance of his greatness,—

To which I leave him.

The False One. Act ii. Sc. 1.

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Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.[199:1]

Love's Cure. Act ii. Sc. 2.

What 's one man's poison, signor,