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

1173 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1173
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Had I a dozen sons, each in my love alike and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius, I had rather eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.
ATTRIBUTION:Coriolanus. Act i. Sc. 3.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.