John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3434 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3434 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin’d, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind! Or ravish’d with the whistling of a name, 1 See Cromwell, damn’d to everlasting fame! 2 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 281. |
| Note 1. See Cowley, Quotation 18. [back] |
| Note 2. May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name, And glorify what else is damn’d to fame. Richard Savage: Character of Foster. [back] |