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

2161 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2161
AUTHOR:Robert Burton (1577–1640)
QUOTATION:“Let me not live,” saith Aretine’s Antonia, “if I had not rather hear thy discourse than see a play.”
ATTRIBUTION:Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 1, Memb. 1, Subsect. 1.