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John Heywood quotes - page 6
By hooke or crooke.
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Many small make a great.
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Mad as a march hare.
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Whan the sunne shinth make hay, whiche is to say, Take time whan time comth, lest time steale away.
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And also I shall to reueng former hurtis, Hold their noses to grinstone, and syt on theyr skurtis.
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... Better is to boow then breake. It hurteth not the tounge to geue fayre wurdis. The rough net is not the best catcher of Burdis. Sense ye can nought wyn, if ye can not please, Best is to suffre: For of sufferance comth ease.
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She speaketh as she would créepe into your bosome. And when the meale mouth hath woon the bottome of your stomake, than will the pickthanke it tell To your most enmies, you to bye and fell. To tell tales out of schoole, that is hir great lust. Looke what she knowth, blab it wist, out it must.
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True (quoth Ales) thinges doone can not be vndoone, Be they done in due tyme, to late, or to soone, But better late than neuer to repent this, To late (quoth my aunt) this repentance showd is, Whan the stéede is stolne shut the stable durre.
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Lyke a pyckpurs pilgrim, ye prie and ye proule At rouers, to rob Peter and paie Poule.
John Heywood
Marke ye, how she hitteth me on the thombis (quoth hée) And ye taunt me tyt ouer thumb (quoth shée) Sens tyt for tat (quoth I) on euen hand is set.
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A penny for your thought.
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The wrong sow by th' eare.
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When all candles be out, all cats be grey.
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Part I, chapter 7.
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Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill.
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The moe the merrier.
John Heywood
A heare of the dog that bote vs last night.
John Heywood
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