86. John Heywood. 1497?-1580? John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	86
AUTHOR:	John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:	While betweene two stooles my taile goe to the ground. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Entre deux arcouns chet cul à terre (Between two stools one sits on the ground).—Les Proverbes del Vilain, MS. Bodleian. Circa 1303.

S’asseoir entre deux selles le cul à terre (One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools).—Francis Rabelais: book i. chap. ii. [back]

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