John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
678 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 678 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | An unlesson’d girl, unschool’d, unpractised; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. It is better to learn late than never.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 864. [back] |