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“A good name is better than precious ointment.”
— Unattributed
Provenance
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 9dccee38ebfedd9b59d267f7ede6a717f23dcb294d5f9cec6061c3d5289b2222
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar!”
Lord Byron
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“For all that faire is, is by nature good; That is a signe to know the gentle blood.”
Edmund Spenser
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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