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

157 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:157
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Burnt child fire dredth. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. ii.
 
Note 1.
Brend child fur dredth,
Quoth Hendyng.
Proverbs of Hendyng. MSS.

A burnt child dreadeth the fire.—John Lyly: Euphues (Arber’s reprint), p. 319. [back]