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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 8545 |
| AUTHOR: | Terence (c. 185 or c. 195– B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, 1 lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 5, 2. (550.) |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. If it were now to die, ’T were now to be most happy. William Shakespeare: Othello, act ii. sc. 1. [back] |
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