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It's an ill wind that blows no good.
John Heywood
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John Heywood
Age: 83 †
Born: 1497
Born: January 1
Died: 1580
Died: January 1
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London
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For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.
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What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
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Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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A fooles bolt is soone shot.
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Of a good beginning cometh a good end.
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The more haste, the less speed.
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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