John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
168 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 168 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Small pitchers have wyde eares. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. Pitchers have ears.—William Shakespeare: Richard III. act ii. sc. 4. [back] |