John Heywood Quotes

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• If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

  John Heywood

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.

  John Heywood

  People, Blind, Knows

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• Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

  John Heywood

  Inspirational, Hope, Heart

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.461

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• If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained.

  John Heywood

  Life Changing, Ifs

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• All's well that ends well.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Drama

  John Heywood (1867). “The proverbs and epigrams of John Heywood: with an app. of variations”, p.21

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• The nearer to the church, the further from God.

  John Heywood

  Inspirational, Life, God

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.344

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• The more haste, the less speed.

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  Patience, Haste, Speed

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.384

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

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  Horse, Men, Water

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.33

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• I know on which side my bread is buttered.

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  Food, Bread, Sides

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.86

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• Every dog has its day.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Dog

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.357

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• Rome was not built in one day.

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  Rome, Progress, One Day

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.223

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• The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.

  John Heywood

  Rolling, Stones, Rolling Stones

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.431

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• Children and fools cannot lie.

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  Children, Lying, Fool

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.343

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• Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.

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  Music, Nature, Silence

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• When all candles be out, all cats be grey.

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  Cat, Grey, Candle

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.13

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• Beggars should be no choosers.

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  Should, Begging, Beggar

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.170

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• Children and fooles cannot lye.

  John Heywood

  Children

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Better to be happy than wise.

  John Heywood

  Happiness, Wise

  John Heywood, Rudolph E. Habenicht (1963). “A Dialogue of Proverbs: Edited, with Introd., Commentary, and Indexes. by Rudolph E. Habenicht”

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• The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,
  As sages in all times assert;
  The happy man's without a shirt.

  John Heywood

  Happiness, Laughter, Loss

  "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations". Book by John Bartlett, 1919.

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• Hit the nail on the head.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Latin

  John Heywood (1963). “A Dialogue of Proverbs”, Berkeley : University of California Press

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• For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.

  John Heywood

  Ells, Inches

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• To give importance to trifling matters.

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  Giving, Matter, Importance

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• Prove your friend ere you have need, but in deed
  A friend is never known till a man have need.

  John Heywood

  Friendship, Men

  "Proverbs". Part I, chapter 11, 1546.

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• Don't put the cart before the horse.

  John Heywood

  Patience, Horse, Carts

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• Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.

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  Pleasure, Refrain

  John Heywood, Rudolph E. Habenicht (1963). “A Dialogue of Proverbs: Edited, with Introd., Commentary, and Indexes. by Rudolph E. Habenicht”

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