John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9378 Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas 1544-1590 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9378 |
| AUTHOR: | Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) |
| QUOTATION: | Out of the book of Natur’s learned brest. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Second Week, Fourth Day, Book ii. |
| Note 1. The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.—Paracelsus, 1490–1541. (From the Encyclopædia Britannica, ninth edition, vol. xviii. p. 234.) [back] |