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

Horae Smith 1779-1849 John Bartlett

 
1
    Thinking is but an idle waste of thought,
And nought is everything and everything is nought.
          Rejected Addresses. Cui Bono?
2
    In the name of the Prophet—figs.
          Johnson’s Ghost.
3
    And thou hast walked about (how strange a story!)
  In Thebes’s streets three thousand years ago,
When the Memnonium was in all its glory.
          Address to the Mummy at Belzoni’s Exhibition.