John Heywood
John Heywood
John Heywoodwas an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. Although he is best known as a playwright, he was also active as a musician and composer, though no musical works survive...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
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What a time herbs and weeds, and such things could talk, A man in his garden one day did walk, Spying a nettle green (as th'emeraude) spread in a bed of roses like the ruby red. Between which two colors he thought, but his eye, The green nettle did the red rose beautify. "How be it," he asked the nettle, "what thing Made him so pert? So nigh the Rose to Spring.
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No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth. The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth. The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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The world's a theatre, the earth a stage, / Which God and nature do with actors fill.
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They can legally cash in that account and spend it as they wish.
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One good turn deserves another. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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One good turn deserves another. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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The technology in cars and light trucks has been steadily improving. But what we have done is buy bigger, larger, more powerful, faster-accelerating vehicles, with more onboard amenities -- and all of that efficiency gain has been used up.
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One swallow maketh not a summer. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
john maketh proverbs swallow
One swallow maketh not a summer. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)