12) 9322. Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne. 1533-1592. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...will not be guilty of stupidity. 1 ATTRIBUTION: Book iii. Chap. ix. Of Vanity. Note 1. See Walpole, Quotation 3. [back]...

13) 3282. Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke St. John. 1678-1751. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...and Use of History. Letter v. Note 1. Henry Fielding: Tom Jones, book xi. chap. ii. Horace Walpole: Advertisement to Letter to Sir Horace Mann. Thomas B. Macaulay:...

14) 6143. Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay. 1800-1859. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little. ATTRIBUTION: On Horace Walpole. 1833....

15) 4107. Samuel Johnson. 1709-1784. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience. 1 ATTRIBUTION: Pitt s Reply to Walpole. Speech, March 6, 1741. Note 1. This is the composition of Johnson,...

16) 6147. Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay. 1800-1859. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...a description of the ruins of St. Paul s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.—Horace Walpole: Letter to Mason, Nov. 24, 1774. Where now is Britain? . Even...