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 HEYWOODWhen the iron is hot, strike.
More John Heywood Quotes
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Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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When the iron is hot, strike.
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It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
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Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
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A cat may looke on a King.
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Feed by measure, and defy the physician.
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Make hay while the sun shines.
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The more the merrier.
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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can’t pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.
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To give importance to trifling matters.
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Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
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All a green willow, willow, All a green willow is my garland.
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All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; Content’s a kingdom, and I wear that crown.
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