John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
167 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 167 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Three may keepe counsayle, if two be away. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. See Chaucer, Quotation 58. Two may keep counsel when the third ’s away.—William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, act iv. sc. 2. [back] |