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

8664 Publius Syrus 42 BC John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8664
AUTHOR:Publius Syrus (42 B.C.)
QUOTATION:You should go to a pear-tree for pears, not to an elm. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Maxim 674.
 
Note 1.
You may as well expect pears from an elm.—Cervantes: Don Quixote, part ii. book ii. chap. xl. [back]