John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Sir Robert Walpole 1676-1745 John Bartlett
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| The balance of power. |
| Speech, 1741. |
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| 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 |
| Coxe: Memoirs of Walpole. Vol. iv. p. 369. |
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| Anything but history, for history must be false. |
| Walpoliana. No. 141. |
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| The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours. 2 |
| Note 1. ”All men have their price” is commonly ascribed to Walpole. [back] |
| Note 2. Hazlitt, in his “Wit and Humour,” says, “This is Walpole’s phrase.” The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.—Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld: Maxim 298. [back] |