2053. Ben Jonson. 1572-1637. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	2053
AUTHOR:	Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
QUOTATION:	Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, And almost every vice,—almighty gold. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Epistle to Elizabeth, Countess of Rutland.

Note 1.
The flattering, mighty, nay, almighty gold.—John Wolcot: To Kien Long, Ode iv.

Almighty dollar.—Washington Irving: The Creole Village. [back]

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