John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
264 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 264 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| QUOTATION: | Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Faerie Queene. Book v. Canto ii. St. 43. |