John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
282 John Lyly 1554?-1606 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 282 |
| AUTHOR: | John Lyly (1554?–1606) |
| QUOTATION: | Though the Camomill, the more it is trodden and pressed downe the more it spreadeth. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Euphues, 1579 (Arber’s reprint), page 46. |
| Note 1. The camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows.—William Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV. act ii. sc. 4. [back] |