John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2144 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2144 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 4, Subsect. 7. |
| Note 1. A blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another.—Samuel Johnson: Piazzi, 52. [back] |