Like A Hog, Or Dog In The Manger, He Doth Only Keep It Because It Shall Do Nobody Else Good, Hurting Himself And Others.

Like A Hog, Or Dog In The Manger, He Doth Only Keep It Because It Shall Do Nobody Else Good, Hurting Himself And Others.

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Like a hog, or dog in the manger, he doth only keep it because it
shall do nobody else good, hurting himself and others.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 12

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