“And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep—
And good-by to the bar and its moaning.”

— Charles Kingsley

The Three Fishers, st. 3,

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English clergyman, historian and novelist 1819–1875

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A misquotation http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2009-August/092648.html of:

Πάντων μὲν κόρος ἐστὶ καὶ ὕπνου καὶ φιλότητος
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And flawless dancing, and most men like these things
Much better than war. Only Trojans are always
Thirsty for blood!

Iliad, XIII, 636–639 (tr. Ennis Rees)

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