| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3999 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Johnson (17091784) |
| QUOTATION: | Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! Life s a short summer, man a flower; He diesalas! how soon he dies! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Winter. An Ode. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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