John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3011 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3011 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| QUOTATION: | Whatever is, is in its causes just. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Œdipus. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Whatever is, is right.—Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle i. line 289. [back] |