“Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet;
In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.”

A Summary of Lord Lyttelton’s Advice.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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writer and poet from England 1689–1762

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