Indexed in the public record
“Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.”
Provenance
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 633ffeab357e4d004e8570b8a8ae2f291ee3c2e03f8d73ebdd9bbbd7bac04f71
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Related in the record
“Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,-- His first, best country ever is at home.”
Oliver Goldsmith
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Every why hath a wherefore.”
William Shakespeare
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Your name is great In mouths of wisest censure.”
William Shakespeare
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“The best-humour'd man, with the worst-humour'd Muse.”
Oliver Goldsmith
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“And who (in time) knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores…”
Samuel Daniel
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore.”
Samuel Butler
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Said something yourself? Put it on the record — $5.
A timestamped public registration for your own line — before someone else claims it.
This is an indexed reference citation, not a legal registry entry and not a claim of ownership.