John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3000 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3000 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| QUOTATION: | I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Maiden Queen. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Fat, fair, and forty.—Sir Walter Scott: St. Ronan’s Well, chap. vii. Mrs. Trench, in a letter, Feb. 18, 1816, writes: “Lord ——— is going to marry Lady ———, a fat, fair, and fifty card-playing resident of the Crescent.” [back] |