John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9344 Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas 1544-1590 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9344 |
| AUTHOR: | Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) |
| QUOTATION: | Much like the French (or like ourselves, their apes), Who with strange habit do disguise their shapes; Who loving novels, full of affectation, Receive the manners of each other nation. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | First Week, Second Day. |
| Note 1. Report of fashions in proud Italy, Whose manners still our apish nation Limps after in base imitation. William Shakespeare: Richard II. act ii. sc. 1. [back] |