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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

168 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:168
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Small pitchers have wyde eares. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v.
 
Note 1.
Pitchers have ears.—William Shakespeare: Richard III. act ii. sc. 4. [back]