John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6119 Colonel Blaker John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6119 |
| AUTHOR: | Colonel Blacker |
| QUOTATION: | Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Oliver’s Advice. 1834. |
| Note 1. There is a well-authenticated anecdote of Cromwell. On a certain occasion, when his troops were about to cross a river to attack the enemy, he concluded an address, with these words: “Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry!”—Hayes: Ballads of Ireland, vol. 1, p. 191. [back] |