John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
47 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 47 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | One eare it heard, at the other out it went. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Troilus and Creseide. Book iv. Line 435. |
| Note 1. Went in at the tone eare and out at the tother.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part ii. chap. ix. [back] |