dots-menu
×

Home  »  Familiar Quotations  »  7771 Phillips Brooks 1835-1893 John Bartlett

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

7771 Phillips Brooks 1835-1893 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7771
AUTHOR:Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
QUOTATION:  Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.
ATTRIBUTION:Literature and Life.