John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4716 George Crabbe 1754-1832 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4716 |
| AUTHOR: | George Crabbe (1754–1832) |
| QUOTATION: | Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tales. Tale xiv. The Struggles of Conscience. |
| Note 1. ’T is better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all. Alfred Tennyson: In Memoriam, xxvii. [back] |