John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
147 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 147 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife? 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.—Robert Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader. [back] |