John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10417 Appendix John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10417 |
| AUTHOR: | Appendix |
| QUOTATION: | Better to wear out than to rust out. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | When a friend told Bishop Cumberland (1632–1718) he would wear himself out by his incessant application, “It is better,” replied the Bishop, “to wear out than to rust out.”—Horne: Sermon on the Duty of Contending for the Truth. Boswell: Tour to the Hebrides, p. 18, note. |