Quote

Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.

John Heywood

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Heywood
Age: 83 †
Born: 1497
Born: January 1
Died: 1580
Died: January 1
Aphorist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
London
England
Selfe
Men

More quotes by John Heywood

Image
Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
John Heywood
Image
Time trieth troth in every doubt.
John Heywood
Image
Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.
John Heywood
Image
Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
John Heywood
Image
I perfectly feele even at my fingers end.
John Heywood
Image
So many heads so many wits.
John Heywood
Image
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.
John Heywood
Image
Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
John Heywood
Image
Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
John Heywood
Image
Tis not the robe or garment I affect For who would marry with a suit of clothes?
John Heywood
Image
The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.
John Heywood
Image
He must needes go that the dyvell dryveth.
John Heywood
Image
Many hands make light work.
John Heywood
Image
For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.
John Heywood
Image
Better is to bow than break.
John Heywood
Image
The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.
John Heywood
Image
Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
John Heywood
Image
The happy man's without a shirt.
John Heywood
Image
Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.
John Heywood
Image
Many handis make light warke.
John Heywood