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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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While the grasse groweth the horse starveth.
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The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.
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Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
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A fooles bolt is soone shot.
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Many handis make light warke.
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I know on which side my bread is buttered.
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All's well that ends well.
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Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill.
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Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.
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Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.
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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
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Who is so deaf or so blind as is he that willfully will neither hear nor see?
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake? This is commonly misquotes as You can't have you're cake and eat it, too.
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