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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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Don't put the cart before the horse.
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When the sunne shineth, make hay.
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For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.
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Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
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Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
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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 more the merrier.
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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
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I know on which side my bread is buttered.
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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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She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.
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Better to give then to take.
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Children learne to creepe ere they can learne to goe.
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Better to be happy than wise.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.
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Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill.
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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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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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