John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10422 Appendix John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10422 |
| AUTHOR: | Appendix |
| QUOTATION: | Consistency, thou art a jewel. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | This is one of those popular sayings—like “Be good, and you will be happy,” or “Virtue is its own reward”—that, like Topsy, “never was born, only jist growed.” From the earliest times it has been the popular tendency to call this or that cardinal virtue, or bright and shining excellence, a jewel, by way of emphasis. For example, Iago says,—
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