John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8399 Misellaneous John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8399 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | Mater ait naté, dic naté, natam Ut moneat naté, plangere filiolam. The mother to her daughter spake: ”Daughter,” said she, “arise! Thy daughter to her daughter take, Whose daughter’s daughter cries.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A Distich, according to Zwingler, on a Lady of the Dalburg Family who saw her descendants to the sixth generation. |