Quote#Wisdom
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly
Quote byMary Howitt · 1799–1888
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Spider and the Fly, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly; "'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy."
— Mary Howitt
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