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“In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.”
Provenance
- Source:
- De Rerum Natura. iv. 1133.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 2b8fa3c1476b97391120e52ccb984c0f5845eb5dfbf77531de75010ea9573da8
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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