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The still sowe eats up all the draffe.

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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The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete.
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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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And death makes equal the high and low.
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The more the merrier.
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One good turne asketh another.
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While the grasse groweth the horse starveth.
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