John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4566 Beilby Porteus 1731-1808 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 4566 |
AUTHOR: | Beilby Porteus (1731–1808) |
QUOTATION: | One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Death. Line 154. |
Note 1. See Young, Quotation 69. [back] |