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Quotes from John Heywood

And while I at length debate and beat the bush,There shall step in other men and catch the birds.
~ John Heywood
For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.
~ John Heywood
There is no fire without some smoke.
~ John Heywood
Burnt child fire dreadeth.
~ John Heywood
A hair of the dog that bit us.
~ John Heywood
Set the cart before the horse.
~ John Heywood
Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
~ John Heywood
Rome was not built in one day.
~ John Heywood
Who is worse shod than the shoemaker's wife?
~ John Heywood
Every man for himself and God for us all.
~ John Heywood
A cat may look on a king.
~ John Heywood
While between two stools my tail go to the ground.
~ John Heywood
Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.
~ John Heywood
Cut my coat after my cloth.
~ John Heywood
Small pitchers have wide ears.
~ John Heywood
Ye have many strings to your bow.
~ John Heywood
To rob Peter and pay Paul.
~ John Heywood
More afraid than hurt.
~ John Heywood
To tell tales out of school.
~ John Heywood
Haste maketh waste.
~ John Heywood
Happy man, happy dole.
~ John Heywood
The tide tarrieth no man.
~ John Heywood
Children and fools cannot lie.
~ John Heywood
Better is to bow than break.
~ John Heywood