John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Thomas Southerne 1660-1746 John Bartlett
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| Pity ’s akin to love. 1 |
| Oroonoka. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
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| Of the king’s creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne’er made a man. 2 |
| Sir Anthony Love. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. See Beaumont and Fletcher, Quotation 24. [back] |
| Note 2. I weigh the man, not his title; ’t is not the king’s stamp can make the metal better.—Wycherley: The Plaindealer, act i. sc. 1. A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a’ that; But an honest man ’s aboon his might: Guid faith, he maunna fa’ that. Robert Burns: For a’ that and a’ that. [back] |