John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2225 Beaumont and Flether John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2225 |
| AUTHOR: | Beaumont and Fletcher |
| QUOTATION: | There is a method in man’s wickedness,— It grows up by degrees. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A King and No King. Act v. Sc. 4. |
| Note 1. Nemo repente fuit turpissimus (No man ever became extremely wicked all at once).—Juvenal: ii. 83. Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degrés (As virtue has its degrees, so has vice).—Racine: Phédre, act iv. sc. 2. [back] |