2903. Algernon Sidney. 1622-1683. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	2903
AUTHOR:	Algernon Sidney (1622–1683)
QUOTATION:	God helps those who help themselves. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
See Herbert, Quotation 28.

Heaven ne’er helps the men who will not act.—Sophocles: Fragment 288 (Plumptre’s Translation).

Help thyself, Heaven will help thee.—J. de La Fontaine: Book vi. fable 18. [back]

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