William Mason (poet)
William Mason (1724–1797) was an English poet, editor and gardener.
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Quotes
- The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.
- Heroic Epistle, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, ...Epicuri de grege porcum" (translated: "You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide,—…a hog from Epicurus' herd"), Horace, Epistolæ, lib. i. iv. 15, 16.
