John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9448 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1547-1616 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 9448 |
AUTHOR: | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616) |
QUOTATION: | Remember the old saying, “Faint heart never won fair lady.” 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. x. |
Note 1. Edmund Spenser: Britain’s Ida, canto v. stanza 1. Ellerton: George a-Greene (a Ballad). Whetstone: Rocke of Regard. Robert Burns: To Dr. Blacklock. George Colman, the Younger: Love Laughs at Locksmiths, act i. [back] |