Yes yes (quoth she) for all those wyse woordis vttred

Quote byJohn Heywood · 1497–1580

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Proverbs (1546), Yes yes, said she, for all those wise words uttered, I know on which side my bread is buttered. But there will no butter cleave on my bread. And on my bread any butter to be spread. Every promise that you therein do utter, Is as sure as it were sealed with butter..

English (original)

Yes yes (quoth she) for all those wyse woordis vttred, I know on which syde my bread is buttred. But there will no butter cleaue on my breade. And on my bread any butter to be spreade. Euery promise that thou therin dost vtter, Is as sure as it were sealed with butter.

— John Heywood