84. 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:	84
AUTHOR:	John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:	Than catch and hold while I may, fast binde, fast finde. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Fast bind, fast find;
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, act ii. sc. 5.

Also in Jests of Scogin. 1565. [back]

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