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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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• It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.

  John Heywood

  Flesh, Bones

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.369

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• The wise man sayth, store is no sore.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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

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• Look before you leap.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Looks

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Many handis make light warke.

  John Heywood

  Light

  John Heywood, Thomas Watson (1867). “Proverbs and Epigrams ...”, p.54

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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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• What heart can think, or tongue express, The harm that groweth of idleness?

  John Heywood

  Heart, Thinking, Tongue

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• Nought venture, nought have.
  [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]

  John Heywood

  Risk, Venture

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• Small pitchers have wyde eares.

  John Heywood

  Pitcher

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

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• Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.

  John Heywood

  Men

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562): Reprinted from the Original (1562) Edition, and Collated with the Second (1566) Edition; with an Appendix of Variations”, p.79

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• It's an ill wind that blows no good.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Blow

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• Little pitchers have big ears.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Ears

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• One swallow maketh not summer.

  John Heywood

  Summer

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

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• Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste,Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.

  John Heywood

  Men, Haste, Waste

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562): Reprinted from the Original (1562) Edition, and Collated with the Second (1566) Edition; with an Appendix of Variations”, p.5

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• I perfectly feele even at my fingers end.

  John Heywood

  Ends, Fingers

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.367

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• When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.

  John Heywood

  Stable

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A. D. 1562).”, p.21

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• He that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.

  John Heywood

  May

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A. D. 1562).”, p.6

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• Though ye loue not to bye the pyg in the poke,Yet snatche ye at the poke, that the pyg is in,Not for the poke, but the pyg good chepe to wyn.

  John Heywood

  Bye, Poke

  John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562): Reprinted from the Original (1562) Edition, and Collated with the Second (1566) Edition; with an Appendix of Variations”, p.80

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• Nought venture nought have.

  John Heywood

  Risk, Venture, Take A Chance

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.417

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• There is no fool to the old fool.

  John Heywood

  Fool

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.203

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• The happy man's without a shirt.

  John Heywood

  Happiness, Men, Shirts

  "Be Merry Friends". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• Who is so deaf or so blind as is he that willfully will neither hear nor see?

  John Heywood

  Knowledge, Blind, Deaf

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• Better to give then to take.

  John Heywood

  Giving

  "Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

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• Many hands make light work.

  John Heywood

  Change, Teamwork, Hands

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.221

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• I pray thee let me and my fellow have a haire of the dog that bit us last night.

  John Heywood

  Dog, Food, Beer

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.45

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