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 HEYWOODMuch water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
More John Heywood Quotes
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Many handis make light warke.
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When the iron is hot, strike.
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It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
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He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
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Feed by measure, and defy the physician.
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
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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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All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; Content’s a kingdom, and I wear that crown.
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Every dog has its day.
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Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
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Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
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To give importance to trifling matters.
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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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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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The more the merrier.
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