| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 11206 |
| QUOTATION: | The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Miguel De Cervantes (15471616), Spanish writer. the Canon, in Don Quixote, pt. 1, bk. 4, ch. 21 (1605), trans. by P. Motteux. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Cervantes Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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