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

8430 Hesiod fl 8th ent? BC John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8430
AUTHOR:Hesiod (fl. 8th cent.? B.C.)
QUOTATION:Both potter is jealous of potter and craftsman of craftsman; and poor man has a grudge against poor man, and poet against poet. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Works and Days. Line 25.
 
Note 1.
See Gay, Quotation 17. [back]