| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 24574 |
| QUOTATION: | Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Gay (16851732), British dramatist, poet. The Mastiffs, pt. 1, l. 1-2, Fables (1727). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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