| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 6328 |
| AUTHOR: | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies, “Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letters and Social Aims. Quotation and Originality. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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