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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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Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.
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Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot.
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The more the merrier.
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She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.
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A cat may looke on a King.
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Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
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The still sowe eats up all the draffe.
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I know on which side my bread is buttered.
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Let the world slide, let the world go A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.
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When all candles are out, all cats are grey, All things are then of one color, as who say. And this proverb faith, for quenching hot desire, Foul water as soon as faire, will quench hot fire.
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Children and fools cannot lie.
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When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.
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Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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