| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32781 |
| QUOTATION: | And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But weve proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Rudyard Kipling (18651936), British author, poet. Dane-Geld, History of England (1911). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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