| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6158 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (18001859) |
| QUOTATION: | There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles II. But the seamen were not gentlemen, and the gentlemen were not seamen. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | History of England. Vol. i. Chap. ii. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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