35. Geoffrey Chaucer. c. 1340-1400. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	35
AUTHOR:	Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:	Therefore behoveth him a ful long spone, That shall eat with a fend. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Line 10916.

Note 1.
Hee must have a long spoon, shall eat with the devill.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part ii. chap v.

He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.—William Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors, act iv. sc. 3. [back]

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