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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

113 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:113
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:It hurteth not the toung to give faire words. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. ix.
 
Note 1.
Fair words never hurt the tongue.—Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Marston, Eastward Ho, act iv. sc. 1. [back]