| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8967 |
| QUOTATION: | So they, who climb to wealth, forget
The friends in darker fortunes tried.
I copied them—but I regret
That I should ape the ways of pride. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), U.S. poet. The Yellow Violet (l. 25–28). . .
Norton Anthology of American Literature, The, Vols. I–II. Nina Baym and others, eds. (2d ed., 1985) W. W. Norton & Company. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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