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John Heywood
Age: 83 †
Born: 1497
Born: January 1
Died: 1580
Died: January 1
Aphorist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
London
England
Child
Children
Burnt
Fire

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He makes a beggar first that first relieves him Not us'rers make more beggars where they live Than charitable men that use to give.
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Let the world slide, let the world go A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.
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Better to give then to take.
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It hurts not the tongue to give faire words.
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Better is to bow than break.
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Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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Better to be happy than wise.
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The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.
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I perfectly feele even at my fingers end.
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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A day after the faire.
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