John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6657 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6657 |
| AUTHOR: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
| QUOTATION: | Good critics, who have stamped out poets’ hope, Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state, Good patriots, who for a theory risked a cause. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Aurora Leigh. Book iv. |