124. 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:	124
AUTHOR:	John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:	Pryde will have a fall; For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.—Proverbs xvi. 18.

Pryde goeth before, and shame cometh behynde.—Treatise of a Gallant. Circa 1510. [back]

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