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

197 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:197
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:An ill winde that bloweth no man to good. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. ix.
 
Note 1.
Falstaff. What wind blew you hither, Pistol?
Pistol. Not the ill wind which blows no man to good.
William Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV. act v. sc. 3. [back]