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

7135 Robert Browning 1812-1889 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7135
AUTHOR:Robert Browning (1812–1889)
QUOTATION:Why comes temptation, but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?
ATTRIBUTION:The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1185.