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

2007 Thomas Middleton 1580-1627 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2007
AUTHOR:Thomas Middleton (1580–1627)
QUOTATION:That disease
Of which all old men sicken,—avarice. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Roaring Girl. Act i. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
So for a good old gentlemanly vice,
I think I must take up with avarice.
Lord Byron: Don Juan, canto i. stanza 216. [back]