John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2246 Beaumont and Flether John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2246 |
| AUTHOR: | Beaumont and Fletcher |
| QUOTATION: | What ’s one man’s poison, signor, Is another’s meat or drink. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Love’s Cure. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. Quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum (What is food to one may be fierce poison to others).—Lucretius: iv. 637. [back] |