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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:9592
AUTHOR:François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)
QUOTATION:The first who was king was a fortunate soldier:
Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Merope. Act i. Sc. 3.
 
Note 1.
See Scott, Quotation 72.

Borrowed from Lefranc de Pompignan’s “Didon.” [back]
 

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