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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1420 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1420
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:The time has been,
That when the brains were out the man would die,
And there an end; but now they rise again,
With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,
And push us from our stools.
ATTRIBUTION:Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 4.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.