John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6168 Thomas Babington
| NUMBER: | 6168 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800–1859) |
| QUOTATION: | Ye diners-out from whom we guard our spoons. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Political Georgics. |
| Note 1. Macaulay, in a letter, June 29, 1831, says “I sent these lines to the ‘Times’ about three years ago.” [back] |