John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
88 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 88 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Wedding is destiny, And hanging likewise. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii. |
| Note 1. Hanging and wiving go by destiny.—The Schole-hous for Women. 1541. William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, act 2. sc. 9. Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.—Robert Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii. sec. 2, mem. 5, subs. 5. [back] |