To give importance to trifling matters.
JOHN HEYWOODMany handis make light warke.
More John Heywood Quotes
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Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
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It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
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He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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Many handis make light warke.
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A cat may looke on a King.
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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.
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Feed by measure, and defy the physician.
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It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
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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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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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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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Make hay while the sun shines.
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The more the merrier.
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Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
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