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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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A cat may looke on a King.
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Make hay while the sun shines.
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Better to give then to take.
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
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An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.
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The nearer to the church, the further from God.
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All's well that ends well.
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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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So many heads so many wits.
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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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What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
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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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It's an ill wind that blows no good.
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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 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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Better is to bow than break.
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