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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

269 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:269
AUTHOR:Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
QUOTATION:For all that faire is, is by nature good; 1
That is a signe to know the gentle blood.
ATTRIBUTION:An Hymne in Honour of Beautie. Line 139.
 
Note 1.
The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.—William Shakespeare: Measure for Measure, act iii. sc. 1. [back]