John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
136 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 136 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | While the grasse groweth the horse starveth. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. Whylst grass doth grow, oft sterves the seely steede.—Whetstone: Promos and Cassandra. 1578. While the grass grows— The proverb is something musty. William Shakespeare: Hamlet, act iii. sc. 4. [back] |