John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
181 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 181 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Time trieth troth in every doubt. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. Time trieth truth.—Tottel’s Miscellany, reprint 1867, p. 221. Time tries the troth in everything.—Thomas Tusser: Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. Author’s Epistle, chap. i. [back] |