Skip to content

... the Common Prouerb may be applied: the common Courtier’s life is like a golden misery, and the faithfull seruant an Asse perpetuall.

— William Painter

Another quote →

More quotes by William Painter

The common prouerbe sayth, that he which counteth before his hoste, must recken twice.

Other shot forth theyr Boltes, and wyth theyr Prouerbes proceedyng from their malicious Mouthes thwited the pore Women at their pleasure.

The unhappy Baron... that Nyght had Neyther Breade nor Broth, and therefore he fared accordynge to the Prouerbe: He that goeth to bed supperlesse, lyeth in his Bed restlesse.

All William Painter quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: William Painter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.