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    It was many and many a year ago,
    In a District styled E.C.,
    That a monster dwelt whom I cam to know
    By the name of Cannibal Flea,
    And the brute was possessed with no other thought
    Than to live--and to live on me.

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Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so read more

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum,
And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go
on,
While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so
on.

by Augustus De Morgan Found in: Fleas Quotes,
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"I cannot raise my worth too high;
Of what vast consequence am I!"
"Not of the importance read more

"I cannot raise my worth too high;
Of what vast consequence am I!"
"Not of the importance you suppose,"
Replies a Flea upon his nose;
"Be humble, learn thyself to scan;
Know, pride was never made for man."

by John Gay Found in: Fleas Quotes,
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I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Fleas Quotes,
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Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer,
And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.

Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer,
And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.

by Mochus (moschus) Found in: Fleas Quotes,
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A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light,
And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."

A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light,
And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."

by Unattributed Author Found in: Fleas Quotes,
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Panurge had a flea in his ear.
[Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]

Panurge had a flea in his ear.
[Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Fleas Quotes,
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So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still read more

So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.
Thus every poet in his kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Fleas Quotes,
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