John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7835 Sir William Shwenk Gilbert 1836-1911 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7835 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) |
| QUOTATION: | Life’s a pudding full of plums; Care’s a canker that benumbs, Wherefore waste our elocution On impossible solution? Life’s a pleasant institution, Let us take it as it comes! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The tangled Skein. |