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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
Swallow
Summer
Makes
Nature
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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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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