John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1923 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1923 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | ’T is better to be vile than vile esteem’d, When not to be receives reproach of being; And the just pleasure lost which is so deem’d, Not by our feeling, but by others’ seeing. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sonnet cxxi. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |