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Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in…
Quote byWashington Irving · 1783–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Knickerbocker's History of New York (1809), Book III, ch. 2 This derives from a statement by William Shakespeare in the play Julius Caesar where Caesar declares:.
English (original)
Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? — No — no, ‘tis your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
— Washington Irving
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