John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6962 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6962 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) |
| QUOTATION: | The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. vi. |