John Heywood ( 10 of 35 )
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and read more
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
I pray thee let me and my fellow have
A hair of the dog that bit us last night.
I pray thee let me and my fellow have
A hair of the dog that bit us last night.
This wonder lasted nine daies.
This wonder lasted nine daies.
Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
Better is to bow than breake.
Better is to bow than breake.
God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.
God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
