John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
122 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 122 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Better late than never. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x. |
| Note 1. Thomas Tusser: Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, An Habitation Enforced. John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress. Mathew Henry: Commentaries, Matthew xxi. Murphy: The School for Guardians. Potius sero quam nunquam (Rather late than never).—Livy: iv. ii. 11. [back] |