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“Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook's son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. "Thy words," said he, "Aristodemus, smell of the apron."”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- d4d2a4bdbf8c77e3a1fdfac3df46a15bde2ab7a6b71d5a91d9b576fae0fe6c43
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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