Quote#Wisdom
It is a deere collop
Quote byJohn Heywood · 1497–1580
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Part I, chapter 10..
English (original)
It is a deere collop That is cut out of th' owne flesh.
— John Heywood
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