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

2071 John Webster 1580?-1634 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2071
AUTHOR:John Webster (1580?–1634)
QUOTATION:Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burns brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweetheart, are surest, and old lovers are soundest. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Westward Hoe. Act ii. Sc. 2.
 
Note 1.
See Bacon, Quotation 57. [back]