John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
113 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 113 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | It hurteth not the toung to give faire words. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. ix. |
| Note 1. Fair words never hurt the tongue.—Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Marston, Eastward Ho, act iv. sc. 1. [back] |