Source of a quotation

[Sam Clements]

Fred,

You omitted telling him he needed a copy for home and one for the office.
Just saying........

Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 13:47
Subject: Re: Source of a quotation


> Joel,
>
> First of all, I am very happy if you finally broke down and got a copy of
> the Yale Book of Quotations.  The quote you may be thinking of is in there
> on page 509:
>
> I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
> William Lamb, Second Viscount Melbourne, Quoted in _Lord Melbourne's
> Papers_ (1889)
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joel
> S. Berson [Berson at ATT.NET]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 1:29 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Q: Source of a quotation
>
> Does anyone recognize the following (or similar)?  I didn't find it in the
> YBQ.
>
> "I only wish I knew as much about anything as he knows about everything."
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
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