John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2183 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2183 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | For “ignorance is the mother of devotion,” as all the world knows. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2. |
| Note 1. Ignorance is the mother of devotion.—Jeremy Taylor: To a Person newly Converted (1657). Your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.—John Dryden: The Maiden Queen, act i. sc. 2. [back] |