John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
35 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 35 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | Therefore behoveth him a ful long spone, That shall eat with a fend. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Line 10916. |
| Note 1. Hee must have a long spoon, shall eat with the devill.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part ii. chap v. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.—William Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors, act iv. sc. 3. [back] |