Bartlett's Familiar QuotationsBart‧lett's Fa‧mil‧i‧ar Quo‧ta‧tions /ˌbɑːtləts fəˌmɪliə kwəʊˈteɪʃəns $ ˌbɑːrtləts fəˌmɪliər-/a book containing phrases and proverbs, which shows where they all come from. It was first produced by John Bartlett in 1855 and the 17th new edition was produced in 2002.