John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6134 Thomas Babington
| NUMBER: | 6134 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800–1859) |
| QUOTATION: | Out of his surname they have coined an epithet for a knave, and out of his Christian name a synonym for the Devil. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On Niccolo dei Machiavelli. 1825. |
| Note 1. I wish I were as sure of anything as Macaulay is of everything. William Windham (1750–1810). [back] |