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.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

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  Inspirational, Hope, Heart

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

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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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• None so blind as those who won't see.

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  Vision, Blind, American Gods

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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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• Cut your coat according to your cloth.

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  Humility, Cutting, Coats

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

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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.

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  People, Blind, Knows

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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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• The moon is made of a green cheese.

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  Moon, Green, Cheese

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.412

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• A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.328

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• Wedding is destiny,
  And hanging likewise.

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  Marriage, Wedding, Destiny

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?

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  Birthday, Ice Cream, Cake

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.338

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• No man loveth his fetters, be they made of gold.

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  Men, Gold, Made

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.366

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• To give importance to trifling matters.

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  Giving, Matter, Importance

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

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  Ells, Inches

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• The grey mare is the better horse.

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  Horse, Grey, Mares

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

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• Better is to bow than break.

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  Bows, Prudence

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Don't put the cart before the horse.

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  Patience, Horse, Carts

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• It hurts not the tongue to give faire words.

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  Giving

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• The wise man sayth, store is no sore.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  "Proverbs". Part I, chapter 5. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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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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• No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.

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  Horse, Men, Mouths

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

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• It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone.

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  Horse, Doors, Barns

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• The tide tarrieth no man.

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  Men, Tides

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.449

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• Better to be happy than wise.

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  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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