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

2087 John Flether 1579-1625 John Bartlett

 
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]