John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1983 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1983 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | For my name and memory, I leave it to men’s charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | From his Will. |