To give importance to trifling matters.
JOHN HEYWOODLet the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
More John Heywood Quotes
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Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.
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Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.
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Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
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He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
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It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
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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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It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
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Small pitchers have wyde eares.
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When the iron is hot, strike.
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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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The more the merrier.
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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
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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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Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
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