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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:198
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:For when I gave you an inch, you tooke an ell. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. ix.
 
Note 1.
Give an inch, he ’ll take an ell.—John Webster: Sir Thomas Wyatt. [back]
 

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