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

98 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:98
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Let the world wagge, 1 and take mine ease in myne Inne. 2
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. v.
 
Note 1.
Let the world slide.—William Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, ind. 1; and, Let the world slip, ind. 2.  [back]
Note 2.
Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn?—William Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV. act iii. sc. 2.  [back]