John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
161 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 161 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | A woman hath nine lives like a cat. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. iv. |
| Note 1. It has been the Providence of Nature to give this creature nine lives instead of one.—Pilpay: The Greedy and Ambitious Cat, fable iii. B. C. [back] |