John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4437 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4437 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letter to Matthew Smith. |
| Note 1. Family vault of “all the Capulets.”—Reflections on the Revolution in France, vol. iii. p. 349. [back] |