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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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An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.
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I perfectly feele even at my fingers end.
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And death makes equal the high and low.
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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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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Children and fooles cannot lye.
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A fig for a care, a fig for a woe!
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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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A man may well bring a horse to water but he cannot make him drink.
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He must needes go that the dyvell dryveth.
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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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I know on which side my bread is buttered.
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Put your toong in your purse.
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One swallow never makes a summer.
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When the devil drives, needs must.
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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Don't put the cart before the horse.
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The happy man's without a shirt.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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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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