4341. Oliver Goldsmith. 1730?-1774. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	4341
AUTHOR:	Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
QUOTATION:	The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
While Fell was reposing himself in the hay,
A reptile concealed bit his leg as he lay;
But, venom himself, of the wound he made light,
And got well, while the scorpion died of the bite.
Lessing: Paraphrase of a Greek Epigram by Demodocus. [back]

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