John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3194 Sir Samuel Garth 1661-1719 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3194 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Samuel Garth (1661–1719) |
| QUOTATION: | I see the right, and I approve it too, Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ovid, Metamorphoses, vii. 20 (translated by Tate and Stonestreet, edited by Garth). |
| Note 1. I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.—Petrarch: Sonnet ccxxv. canzone xxi. To Laura in Life. See Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Quotation 15. [back] |