John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
185 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 185 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Set the cart before the horse. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. vii. |
| Note 1. Others set carts before the horses.—Francis Rabelais: book v. chap. xxii. [back] |