John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2117 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2117 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | Our wrangling lawyers… are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients’ causes hereafter,—some of them in hell. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader. |