John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
200 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 200 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Every man for himselfe and God for us all. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. ix. |
| Note 1. Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.—Robert Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii. sec. i. mem. iii. [back] |