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This book compiles a variety of short, pithy sayings and reflections attributed to John Heywood, showcasing his wit and wisdom on various subjects.
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“Tell tales out of school.”
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“Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.”
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“The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.”
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“Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.”
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“The moon is made of a green cheese.”
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“So many heads so many wits.”
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“No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.”
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“I perfectly feele even at my fingers end.”
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“It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.”
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“One swallow maketh not summer.”
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“The tide tarrieth no man.”
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“The more haste, the less speed.”
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“A hard beginning maketh a good ending.”
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“Children and fools cannot lie.”
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“Feed by measure, and defy the physician.”
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“There is no fool to the old fool.”
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“When the sun shineth, make hay.”
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“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.”
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“Many hands make light work.”
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“I pray thee let me and my fellow have a haire of the dog that bit us last night.”
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“Three may keep counsel, if two be away.”
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“A woman hath nine lives like a cat.”
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“Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”
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“Nought venture nought have.”
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“A man may well bring a horse to water but he cannot make him drink.”
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“The grey mare is the better horse.”
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“Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?”
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“When all candles be out, all cats be grey.”
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“One good turn asketh another.”
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“Every dog has its day.”
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“The nearer to the church, the further from God.”
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“The more the merrier.”
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“Rome was not built in one day.”
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“Though he love not to buy the pig in the poke.”
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“A cat may looke on a King.”
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“When the iron is hot, strike.”
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“It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling”
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“Of a good beginning cometh a good end.”
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“An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.”
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“Beggars should be no choosers.”
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“No man loveth his fetters, be they made of gold.”
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“Better is half a loaf than no bread.”
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“I know on which side my bread is buttered.”
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“A good wife maketh a good husband.”
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“Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.”
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