John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1173 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1173 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | Had I a dozen sons, each in my love alike and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius, I had rather eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Coriolanus. Act i. Sc. 3. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |