2087. John Fletcher. 1579-1625. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	2087
AUTHOR:	John Fletcher (1579–1625)
QUOTATION:	Man is his own star; and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Upon an “Honest Man’s Fortune.”

Note 1.
An honest man ’s the noblest work of God.—Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle iv. line 248. Robert Burns: The Cotter’s Saturday Night. [back]

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