John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
269 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 269 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| QUOTATION: | For all that faire is, is by nature good; 1 That is a signe to know the gentle blood. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | An Hymne in Honour of Beautie. Line 139. |
| Note 1. The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.—William Shakespeare: Measure for Measure, act iii. sc. 1. [back] |