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John Heywood Quotes (1497-1580)

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English proverbs (alphabetically by proverb)

About John Heywood

John Heywood (1497–1580) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. He fled England for the Low Countries to avoid persecution as a Catholic.

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“Rule the rost.”

rule rost

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“Like will to like.”

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“A sleveless errand.”

sleveless errand

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“By hooke or crooke.”

crooke hooke

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“Mad as a march hare.”

march hare mad

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“The moe the merrier.”

merrier moe

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“More frayd then hurt.”

frayd hurt

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“Beware of, Had I wist.”

beware wist

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“Happy man, happy dole.”

happy dole man

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“A day after the faire.”

faire

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“Ill weede growth fast.”

growth weede fast

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“Better late than never.”

better never late

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“Many small make a great.”

small great many

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“New brome swepth cleene.”

swepth cleene brome

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“Burnt child fire dredth.”

dredth burnt child

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“A peny for your thought.”

thought peny

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“Have yee him on the hip.”

yee hip

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“Beaten with his owne rod.”

beaten owne rod

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“The tide tarrieth no man.”

tarrieth tide man

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“Nought venter nought have.”

nought venter

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“Set all at sixe and seven.”

seven sixe set

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“A cat may looke on a King.”

looke king cat

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“The wrong sow by th' eare.”

wrong eare sow

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“Looke or ye leape.”

looke leape

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“So many heads so many wits.”

many heads wits

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John Heywood Quotes by Topic

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John Heywood on English proverbs (alphabetically by proverb) 5 quotes

“Nought venter nought have.”

nought venter

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John Heywood on Prudence 3 quotes

“Better is to bow than breake.”

better breake bow

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John Heywood on World 2 quotes

“The world's a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors fill.”

theatre worlds nature

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John Heywood on Wit

“At our wittes end.”

wittes end

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John Heywood on Work

“Haste makes waste.”

haste makes waste

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John Heywood on Gossip

“Tell tales out of school.”

school tales tell

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John Heywood on Wonders

“This wonder lasted nine daies.”

wonder lasted daies

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John Heywood on Lying

“Children and fooles can not ly.”

children fooles

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John Heywood on Death

“And death makes equal the high and low.”

death makes equal

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John Heywood on Eating

“God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.”

sendeth never mouth

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John Heywood on Hearing

“Went in at the one eare and out at the other.”

went eare

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John Heywood on Birds

“Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.”

better byrde hand

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About John Heywood

John Heywood (1497–1580) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. He fled England for the Low Countries to avoid persecution as a Catholic.