John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
144 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 144 |
AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
QUOTATION: | Children and fooles cannot lye. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
Note 1. ’T is an old saw, Children and fooles speake true.—John Lyly: Endymion. [back] |