John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
146 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 146 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | All is fish that comth to net. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. All ’s fish they get that cometh to net.—Thomas Tusser: Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. February Abstract. Where all is fish that cometh to net.—Gascoigne: Steele Glas. 1575. [back] |