Thomas Warton. 1728-1790. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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

Thomas Warton. (1728–1790)

All human race, from China to Peru, 1
Pleasure, howe’er disguis’d by art, pursue.

Universal Love of Pleasure.

Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways
Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers.

Written on a Blank Leaf of Dugdale’s Monasticon.

Note 1.
See Johnson, Quotation 1. [back]