John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
183 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 183 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Much water goeth by the mill That the miller knoweth not of. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. More water glideth by the mill Than wots the miller of. William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, act ii. sc. 7. [back] |