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

486 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:486
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Every why hath a wherefore. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
For every why he had a wherefore.—Samuel Butler: Hudibras, part i. canto i. line 132. [back]