John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
82 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 82 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | When the iron is hot, strike. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii. |
| Note 1. You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 262. Strike whilst the iron is hot.—Francis Rabelais: book ii. chap. xxxi. John Webster: Westward Hoe. Tom A’Lincolne. George Farquhar: The Beaux’ Stratagem, iv. 1. [back] |