John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2178 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2178 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 113. [back] |