Indexed in the public record
“There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little, Philip said, "Either is both, and Both is neither."”
Provenance
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 03b633b8b0fa41334e394302651dbb5b4164bf20fe9284de28a4f259ce8c35c4
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Related in the record
“Brother, brother! we are both in the wrong.”
John Gay
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“United yet divided, twain at once: So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne.”
William Cowper
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Both potter is jealous of potter and craftsman of craftsman; and poor man has a grudge against poor…”
Hesiod
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Oh, call my brother back to me! I cannot play alone: The summer comes with flower and bee,--…”
Felicia D. Hemans
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To…”
Robert Burns
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Forget the brother, and resume the man.”
Alexander Pope
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Said something yourself? Put it on the record — $5.
A timestamped public registration for your own line — before someone else claims it.
This is an indexed reference citation, not a legal registry entry and not a claim of ownership.