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Famous John Heywood Quotes
“It is better to be An old man's derling than a yong man's werling.”
“Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.”
“No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.”
“Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste,Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.”
“The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.”
“A man may well bring a horse to water but he cannot make him drink.”
“Prove your friend ere you have need, but in deed A friend is never known till a man have need.”
“Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.”
“The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.”
“An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.”
“No man loveth his fetters, be they made of gold.”
“Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.”