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It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.

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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
Cat
Care
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Mice
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Cats

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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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One swallow never makes a summer.
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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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For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.
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Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
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So many heads so many wits.
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A hard beginnyng makth a good endyng.
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