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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Set the cart before the hors.

Proverbs (1546)

A penny for your thought.

Proverbs (1546)

And ones their hastie heate a littell controlde,
Than perceiue they well, hotte love soone colde.
And whan hasty witlesse mirth is mated weele,
Good to be mery and wise, they thinke and feele.

Proverbs (1546)

So many heads so many wits.

Proverbs (1546)

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.

Proverbs (1546)

To robbe Peter and pay Poule.

Proverbs (1546)

Nought venter nought have.

Proverbs (1546)

Attribution

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