John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4346 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 4346 |
AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
QUOTATION: | Measures, not men, have always been my mark. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Good-Natured Man. Act ii. |
Note 1. Measures, not men.—Earl of Chesterfield: Letter, Mar. 6, 1742. Not men, but measures.—Edmund Burke: Present Discontents. [back] |