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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8590 Ovid 43 BC-AD 18 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8590
AUTHOR:Ovid (43 B.C.–A.D. 18)
QUOTATION:The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Fasti. iv. 311.
 
Note 1.
And the mind conscious of virtue may bring to thee suitable rewards.—Virgil: Æneid, i. 604. [back]