John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3278 Sir Robert Walpole 1676-1745 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 3278 |
AUTHOR: | Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745) |
QUOTATION: | Flowery oratory he despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, “All those men have their price.” 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Coxe: Memoirs of Walpole. Vol. iv. p. 369. |
Note 1. ”All men have their price” is commonly ascribed to Walpole. [back] |