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

4346 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4346
AUTHOR:Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
QUOTATION:Measures, not men, have always been my mark. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Good-Natured Man. Act ii.
 
Note 1.
Measures, not men.—Earl of Chesterfield: Letter, Mar. 6, 1742. Not men, but measures.—Edmund Burke: Present Discontents. [back]