John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8590 Ovid 43 BC-AD 18 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8590 |
| AUTHOR: | Ovid (43 B.C.–A.D. 18) |
| QUOTATION: | The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Fasti. iv. 311. |
| Note 1. And the mind conscious of virtue may bring to thee suitable rewards.—Virgil: Æneid, i. 604. [back] |