John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Ralph Venning 1620(?)-1673 John Bartlett
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| All the beauty of the world, ’t is but skin deep. 1 |
| Orthodoxe Paradoxes. (Third edition, 1650.) The Triumph of Assurance, p. 41. |
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| They spare the rod, and spoyle the child. 2 |
| Mysteries and Revelations, p. 5. (1649.) |
| Note 1. Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.—Mathew Henry: Commentaries. Genesis iii. [back] |
| Note 2. See Skelton, Quotation 1. [back] |