John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6956 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6956 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) |
| QUOTATION: | Everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at all. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. i. |