John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
321 George Chapman 1559?-1634 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 321 |
| AUTHOR: | George Chapman (1559?–1634) |
| QUOTATION: | Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | All Fools. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| WORKS: | George Chapman Collection. |
| Note 1. Quoted by Camden as a saying of one Dr. Metcalf. It is now in many peoples’ mouths, and likely to pass into a proverb.—Ray: Proverbs (Bohn ed.) p. 145. [back] |