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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:921
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:As for a camel
To thread the postern of a small needle’s eye. 1
ATTRIBUTION:King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5.  [text]
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.—Matthew. xix. 24. [back]
 

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