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John Heywood Quotes About Horses

Quotes about: Horses
  • A man may well bring a horse to water but he cannot make him drink.

    John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.33
  • While the grasse groweth the horse starveth.

    "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.
  • The grey mare is the better horse.

    John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.391
  • Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

    John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.391
  • A short horse is soone currid.

    John Heywood, Julian Sharman (1972). “The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the "Proverbes" of that Author Printed 1546”
  • No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.

    John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.391

John Heywood

  • Born: 1497
  • Died: 1580
  • Occupation: Writer
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