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

4684 Rihard Brinsley Sheridan 1751-1816 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4684
AUTHOR:Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)
QUOTATION:Steal! to be sure they may; and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children,—disfigure them to make ’em pass for their own. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Critic. Act i. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
See Churchill, Quotation 3. [back]