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Good to be merie and wise.

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
Wise
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The more the merrier.
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Better to be happy than wise.
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Many hands make light work.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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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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Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
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He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
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Three may keep counsel, if two be away.
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Don't put the cart before the horse.
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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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The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete.
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A short horse is soone currid.
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An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.
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One good turne asketh another.
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Burnt child fire dredth.
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The more haste, the less speed.
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Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.
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