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NUMBER: 40885
QUOTATION: In the midst of life we are in debt.
ATTRIBUTION: Ethel Watts Mumford (1878–1940), U.S. novelist, humorous writer, Addison Mizner, U.S. architect, and Oliver Herford (1863–1935), U.S. poet, illustrator. The Altogether New Cynic’s Calendar (1907).
The line parodies The Book of Common Prayer, "In the midst of life, we are in death." (See life and death.).
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QUOTATION: In the midst of life we are in debt.
ATTRIBUTION: Ethel Watts Mumford (1878–1940), U.S. novelist, humorous writer, Addison Mizner, U.S. architect, and Oliver Herford (1863–1935), U.S. poet, illustrator. The Altogether New Cynic’s Calendar (1907).
The line parodies The Book of Common Prayer, "In the midst of life, we are in death." (See life and death.).
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