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

100 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:100
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Hold their noses to grinstone. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. v.
 
Note 1.
Hold their noses to the grindstone.—Thomas Middleton: Blurt, Master-Constable, act iii. sc. 3. [back]