John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
126 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 126 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | The still sowe eats up all the draffe. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x. |
| Note 1. ’T is old, but true, still swine eat all the draff.—William Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, act iv. sc. 2. [back] |