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None so blind as those who won't see.

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
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Stubbornness
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Vision

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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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The wise man sayth, store is no sore.
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All's well that ends well.
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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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Three may keep counsel, if two be away.
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Don't put the cart before the horse.
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To give importance to trifling matters.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.
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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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Burnt child fire dredth.
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Rome was not built in one day.
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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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Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
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