John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4386 Thomas Pery 1729-1811 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4386 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Percy (1729–1811) |
| QUOTATION: | We ’ll shine in more substantial honours, And to be noble we ’ll be good. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Winifreda (1720). |
| Note 1. See Chapman, Quotation 21. Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus (Nobility is the one only virtue).—Juvenal: Satire viii. line 20. [back] |