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

549 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:549
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Small have continual plodders ever won
  Save base authority from others’ books.
These earthly godfathers of heaven’s lights
  That give a name to every fixed star
Have no more profit of their shining nights
  Than those that walk and wot not what they are.
ATTRIBUTION:Love’s Labour ’s Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.