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

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
Selfe
Men

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Don't put the cart before the horse.
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Make hay while the sun shines.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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None so blind as those who won't see.
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Three may keep counsel, if two be away.
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Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
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Burnt child fire dredth.
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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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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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I pray thee let me and my fellow have a haire of the dog that bit us last night.
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Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
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A man may well bring a horse to water but he cannot make him drink.
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The nearer to the church, the further from God.
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It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
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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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Put your toong in your purse.
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He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
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A cat may looke on a King.
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Children and fools cannot lie.
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All's well that ends well.
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