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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

95 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:95
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iv.
 
Note 1.
To cast beyond the moon, is a phrase in frequent use by the old writers. John Lyly: Euphues, p. 78. Thomas Heywood: A Woman
Killed with Kindness.
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