He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
JOHN HEYWOODTo give importance to trifling matters.
More John Heywood Quotes
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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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Small pitchers have wyde eares.
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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
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Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
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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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Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
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Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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The more the merrier.
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It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
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Make hay while the sun shines.
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A cat may looke on a King.
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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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