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

183 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:183
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Much water goeth by the mill
That the miller knoweth not of. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v.
 
Note 1.
More water glideth by the mill
Than wots the miller of.
William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, act ii. sc. 7. [back]