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NUMBER:24574
QUOTATION:Those who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
ATTRIBUTION:John Gay (1685–1732), British dramatist, poet. “The Mastiffs,” pt. 1, l. 1-2, Fables (1727).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
 
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