Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Q

Quinapalus

The Mrs. Harris of “authorities in citations.” If anyone wishes to clench an argument by some quotation, let him cite this ponderous collection.

“What says Quinapalus: `Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.” —Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, i. 5.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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