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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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When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.
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The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.
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Tis not the robe or garment I affect For who would marry with a suit of clothes?
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All's well that ends well.
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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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Put your toong in your purse.
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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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A fig for a care, a fig for a woe!
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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Time trieth troth in every doubt.
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The still sowe eats up all the draffe.
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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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Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
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The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.
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It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
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Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill.
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It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone.
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A hard beginnyng makth a good endyng.
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