John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1513 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1513 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 3. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did the adviser. Robert Burns: Epistle to a Young Friend. [back] |