John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5168 Sir Walter Sott 1771-1832 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5168 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| QUOTATION: | It ’s no fish ye ’re buying, it ’s men’s lives. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Antiquary. Chap. xi. |
| WORKS: | Sir Walter Scott Collection. |
| Note 1. It is not linen you ’re wearing out, But human creatures’s lives. Thomas Hood: Song of the Shirt. [back] |