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One swallow never makes a summer.

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
Never
Swallow
Summer
Makes
Nature

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Burnt child fire dredth.
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Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
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To give importance to trifling matters.
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One good turne asketh another.
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