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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:32
AUTHOR:Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Line 6752.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Handsome is that handsome does.—Oliver Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield, chap. i. [back]
 

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