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

  John Heywood

  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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• Look before you leap.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Looks

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• When the sun shineth, make hay.

  John Heywood

  Hay, Sun

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.445

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• Feed by measure, and defy the physician.

  John Heywood

  Physicians

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

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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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• Don't put the cart before the horse.

  John Heywood

  Patience, Horse, Carts

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• The more haste, the less speed.

  John Heywood

  Patience, Haste, Speed

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

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

  John Heywood

  Cat, Grey, Candle

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

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• God never sends the mouth but he sendeth meat.

  John Heywood

  Meat, Mouths, Providence

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• Cut your coat according to your cloth.

  John Heywood

  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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• To give importance to trifling matters.

  John Heywood

  Giving, Matter, Importance

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• There is no fyre without some smoke.

  John Heywood

  Smoke

  John Heywood, Spenser Society (1867). “Publications of the Spenser Society”, p.57

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• Wedding is destiny,
  And hanging likewise.

  John Heywood

  Marriage, Wedding, Destiny

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• The more the merrier.

  John Heywood

  Inspirational, Life, Inspirational Life

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.399

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• Children and fools cannot lie.

  John Heywood

  Children, Lying, Fool

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

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• Hunger makes hard beans sweet.

  John Heywood

  Sweet, Hunger, Beans

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

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• One good turn asketh another.

  John Heywood

  Kindness, Turns

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.452

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• All things on earth thus change, some up, some down;
  Content's a kingdom, and I wear that crown.

  John Heywood

  Contentment, Crowns, Earth

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• Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill.

  John Heywood

  Proud

  John Heywood, Julian Sharman (1972). “The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the "Proverbes" of that Author Printed 1546”

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• It hurts not the tongue to give faire words.

  John Heywood

  Giving

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Good to be merie and wise.

  John Heywood

  Wise

  John Heywood, Julian Sharman (1972). “The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the "Proverbes" of that Author Printed 1546”

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• To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.

  John Heywood

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• Better is half a loaf than no bread.

  John Heywood

  Food, Half, Bread

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.334

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• So many heads so many wits.

  John Heywood

  Wit

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.385

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