Quote#Politics & Power
Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er…
Quote byThomas Southerne · 1660–1746
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sir Anthony Love, Act ii, scene 1; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better", William Wycherley, The Plaindealer, Act i. scene 1..
English (original)
Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er made a man.
— Thomas Southerne
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