John Heywood Quotes

1497–1580 England

John Heywood (1497–1580) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. He fled England for the Low Countries to avoid persecution as a Catholic.

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Also known as: Heywood, John

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

Proverbs (1546)

The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete.

Proverbs (1546)

Children learne to creepe ere they can learne to goe.

Proverbs (1546)

Children learne to créepe er they can learne to go.

Proverbs (1546)

She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.

Proverbs (1546)

When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.

Proverbs (1546)

This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.

Proverbs (1546)

Reckeners without their host must recken twice.

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He must needes goe whom the devill doth drive.

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To hold with the hare and run with the hound.

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Might have gone further and have fared worse.

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It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest.

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To th' end of a shot and beginning of a fray.

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While the grasse groweth the horse starveth.

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Who is worse shod than the shoemaker's wife?

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It is good to have a hatch before the durre.

All is not Gospell that thou doest speake.

Proverbs (1546)

Three may keepe counsayle, if two be away.

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Leape out of the frying pan into the fyre.

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All thing is the woorse for the wearing.

Proverbs (1546)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Heywood (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.