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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
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Men

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Many handis make light warke.
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Better to be happy than wise.
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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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I pray thee let me and my fellow have a haire of the dog that bit us last night.
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An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.
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It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.
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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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The happy man's without a shirt.
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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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A day after the faire.
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A cat may looke on a King.
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Rome was not built in one day.
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Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.
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Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.
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Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
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Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot.
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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Better is to bow than break.
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The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert The happy man's without a shirt.
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