John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3866 Philip Dormer Stanhope
| NUMBER: | 3866 |
| AUTHOR: | Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) |
| QUOTATION: | Unlike my subject now shall be my song; It shall be witty, and it sha’n’t be long. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Impromptu Lines. |