Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?
John Gay
Art & Imagination
Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?
John Gay
Fables. Part i. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.
Recorded in John Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, 1905 printing.