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

200 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:200
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Every man for himselfe and God for us all. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. ix.
 
Note 1.
Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.—Robert Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii. sec. i. mem. iii. [back]