John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
87 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 87 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | So many heads so many wits. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii. |
| Note 1. As many men, so many minds.—Terence: Phormio, ii. 3. As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.—Queen Elizabeth: Godly Meditacyon of the Christian Sowle. 1548. So many men so many mindes.—Gascoigne: Glass of Government. [back] |