e/Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?

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has glosseng: "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" is a quotation – sometimes misquoted with "on" in place of "upon" – from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" of January 1735. The line has entered common use and has become associated with more recent figures.
lexicalizationeng: Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
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