John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8418 Bidpai John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8418 |
| AUTHOR: | Bidpai |
| QUOTATION: | What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Two Fishermen. Fable xiv. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 122. [back] |