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A day after the faire.

John Heywood

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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
Faire

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Burnt child fire dredth.
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One good turne asketh another.
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Better to give then to take.
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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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For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.
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It hurts not the tongue to give faire words.
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Tis not the robe or garment I affect For who would marry with a suit of clothes?
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The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete.
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When the sunne shineth, make hay.
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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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Hit the nail on the head.
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Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
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When the devil drives, needs must.
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It is a foul bird that filleth his own nest.
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Better to be happy than wise.
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But now I see well the old proverb is true: That parish priest forgetteth that ever he was a clerk!
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He must needes go that the dyvell dryveth.
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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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