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

3533 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3533
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:By flatterers besieg’d,
And so obliging that he ne’er oblig’d;
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, 1
And sit attentive to his own applause.
ATTRIBUTION:Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 207.
 
Note 1.
See Quotation 248. [back]