John Heywood Quotes - Page 5

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• Nought venture, nought have.
  [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]

  John Heywood

  Risk, Venture

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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

  Men

  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.79

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• Small pitchers have wyde eares.

  John Heywood

  Pitcher

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

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• And while I at length debate and beate the bush, There shall steppe in other men and catch the burdes.

  John Heywood

  Men, Debate, Length

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

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• An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.

  John Heywood

  Men, Ill

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.461

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• This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.

  John Heywood

  Nine, Lasts, Wonder

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A. D. 1562).”, p.43

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• A fooles bolt is soone shot.

  John Heywood

  Shots, Bolts

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

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• A short horse is soone currid.

  John Heywood

  Horse

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

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• It is good the have a hatch before the durre.

  John Heywood

  Prudence

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• It takes nine tailors to make a man.

  John Heywood

  Men, Tailors, Nine

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• The still sowe eats up all the draffe.

  John Heywood

  Stills

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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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.

  John Heywood

  Cat, Water, Hot

  "Proverbs". Part I, chapter 5, 1546.

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• Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?

  John Heywood

  Shoes, Shops

  John Heywood, Spenser Society (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562)”, p.32

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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.

  John Heywood

  Men, Giving, Use

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

  John Heywood

  Cat, Needs, Care

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Be of comfort, and your heavy sorrow
  Part equally among us; storms divided,
  Abate their force, and with less rage are guided.

  John Heywood

  Sorrow, Storm, Comfort

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• When the devil drives, needs must.

  John Heywood

  Devil, Needs

  "Johan the Husband". Book by John Heywood, 1533.

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• Hee must have a long spoone, shall eat with the devill.

  John Heywood

  Long, Evil

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

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• He must needes go that the dyvell dryveth.

  John Heywood

  John Heywood (1906). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood”

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• The happy man's without a shirt.

  John Heywood

  Happiness, Men, Shirts

  "Be Merry Friends". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• There is no fool to the old fool.

  John Heywood

  Fool

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.203

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• Who is so deaf or so blind as is he that willfully will neither hear nor see?

  John Heywood

  Knowledge, Blind, Deaf

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• Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.

  John Heywood

  Two, Ifs

  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.53

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• One swallow maketh not summer.

  John Heywood

  Summer

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.445

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• Nought venture nought have.

  John Heywood

  Risk, Venture, Take A Chance

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.417

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