| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4684 |
| AUTHOR: | Richard Brinsley Sheridan (17511816) |
| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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