John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
89 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 89 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Happy man, happy dole. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii. |
| Note 1. Happy man be his dole.—William Shakespeare: Merry Wives, act iii. sc. 4; Winter’s Tale, act i. sc. 2. Samuel Butler: Hudibras, part i. canto iii. line 168. [back] |