John Jortin
John Jortin (23 October 1698 – 5 September 1770) was an English church historian.
Quotes
[edit]- Palmam qui meruit, ferat.
- Let him who has won it bear the palm.
- Lusus Poetici, 3rd ed. (London, 1748), "Ad Ventos", p. 22
- This was a motto of Lord Nelson. — D. E. Macdonnel, A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations (Philadelphia, 1824), p. 209
