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

2067 John Webster 1580?-1634 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2067
AUTHOR:John Webster (1580?–1634)
QUOTATION:’T is just like a summer bird-cage in a garden,—the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The White Devil. Act i. Sc. 2.
 
Note 1.
See Davies, Quotation 2. [back]