John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3831 John Gay 1685-1732 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3831 |
| AUTHOR: | John Gay (1685–1732) |
| QUOTATION: | In ev’ry age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Fables. Part i. The Rat-catcher and Cats. |
| Note 1. Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and poor man has a grudge against poor man, and poet against poet.—Hesiod: Works and Days, 24. Le potier au potier porte envie (The potter envies the potter).—Bohn: Handbook of Proverbs. Arthur Murphy: The Apprentice, act iii. [back] |