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

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But Hudibras gave him a twitch

As quick as lightning in the breech,

Just in the place where honour 's lodg'd,

As wise philosophers have judg'd;

Because a kick in that part more

Hurts honour than deep wounds before.

Hudibras. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 1065.

As men of inward light are wont

To turn their optics in upon 't.

Hudibras. Part iii. Canto i. Line 481.