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Of a good beginning cometh a good end.

John Heywood

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John Heywood
Age: 83 †
Born: 1497
Born: January 1
Died: 1580
Died: January 1
Aphorist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
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London
England
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So many heads so many wits.
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She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.
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One good turne asketh another.
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When all candles are out, all cats are grey, All things are then of one color, as who say. And this proverb faith, for quenching hot desire, Foul water as soon as faire, will quench hot fire.
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Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
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Better to be happy than wise.
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Good to be merie and wise.
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It is good the have a hatch before the durre.
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And death makes equal the high and low.
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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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Better to give then to take.
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I pray thee let me and my fellow have a haire of the dog that bit us last night.
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The more haste, the less speed.
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The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert The happy man's without a shirt.
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The nearer to the church, the further from God.
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Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot.
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