John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
124 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 124 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Pryde will have a fall; For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x. |
| Note 1. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.—Proverbs xvi. 18. Pryde goeth before, and shame cometh behynde.—Treatise of a Gallant. Circa 1510. [back] |