John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
100 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 100 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Hold their noses to grinstone. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. Hold their noses to the grindstone.—Thomas Middleton: Blurt, Master-Constable, act iii. sc. 3. [back] |