John Heywood Quotes - Page 4

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• A cat may look at a king.

  John Heywood

  Kings, Cat, Looks

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• While the grasse groweth the horse starveth.

  John Heywood

  Horse, Grass

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete.

  John Heywood

  Cat, Fishes, Wet

  John Heywood, Julian Sharman (1972). “The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the "Proverbes" of that Author Printed 1546”

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• Ill wéede growth fast.

  John Heywood

  Growth, Ill

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams”, p.164

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• It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling

  John Heywood

  Dog, Fun, Poor

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.357

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• Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

  John Heywood

  Birthday, Gratitude, Horse

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.391

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• A woman hath nine lives like a cat.

  John Heywood

  Life, Women, Cat

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.340

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• Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.

  John Heywood

  Men, May

  John Heywood, Julian Sharman (1972). “The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the "Proverbes" of that Author Printed 1546”

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• Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

  John Heywood

  Two, Advice, Three

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.447

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• I perfectly feele even at my fingers end.

  John Heywood

  Ends, Fingers

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.367

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• Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.

  John Heywood

  Men, Long, Dead Man

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.

  John Heywood

  Men, May, Force

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.11

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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.

  John Heywood

  Cake

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• One good turne asketh another.

  John Heywood

  John Heywood, Julian Sharman (1972). “The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the "Proverbes" of that Author Printed 1546”

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• Happy man, happy dole.

  John Heywood

  Happiness, Men, Happy Man

  John Heywood (1867). “The proverbs and epigrams of John Heywood: with an app. of variations”, p.169

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• Many hands make light work.

  John Heywood

  Change, Teamwork, Hands

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.221

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• Went in at the one ear and out at the other.

  John Heywood

  Ears, Hearing

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• Beggars can't be choosers.

  John Heywood

  Poverty, Beggar

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• Better to give then to take.

  John Heywood

  Giving

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Be the day never so long, Evermore at last they ring to evensong.

  John Heywood

  Long, Lasts, Rings

  John Heywood (1906). “Works”

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• A good wife maketh a good husband.

  John Heywood

  Marriage, Husband, Wife

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.88

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• A hard beginnyng makth a good endyng.

  John Heywood

  Hard

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562): Reprinted from the Original (1562) Edition, and Collated with the Second (1566) Edition; with an Appendix of Variations”, p.8

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• The wise man sayth, store is no sore.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  "Proverbs". Part I, chapter 5. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• Love me litle, love me long.

  John Heywood

  Love, Long

  "Proverbs". Part II, chapter 2. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• What heart can think, or tongue express, The harm that groweth of idleness?

  John Heywood

  Heart, Thinking, Tongue

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