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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
Light
Many
Make

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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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It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
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Who is so deaf or so blind as is he that willfully will neither hear nor see?
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.
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The happy man's without a shirt.
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Put your toong in your purse.
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Children learne to creepe ere they can learne to goe.
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Three may keep counsel, if two be away.
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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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It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone.
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It's an ill wind that blows no good.
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The wise man sayth, store is no sore.
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I pray thee let me and my fellow have a haire of the dog that bit us last night.
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Don't put the cart before the horse.
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Nought venture nought have.
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