Help with a famous quote.

[Enore_Tsotset]

I need to know who made the quote "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"...

[Dr_Paprika]

Sorry, can't help you. I suspect it is a very old quote of unknown origin. But I'm curious as why you need to know this. It's hard to include in a thesis.

[bcullman]

Wasn't it first in the movie "The Shining"?

[aesop]

According to Bartlett's, it was James Howell (c. 1594 - 1666) in a work titled Proverbs, though there are historical antecedents in Ptahhotpe, Herodotus, and Cervantes.

[Enore_Tsotset]

It's actually something my little brother is doing for a Freshman english class. It's an extra credit thing...

[samclem]

Now you know what to get your little brother for Christmas.:)