John Heywood

Quotes

• “The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,As sages in all times assert;The happy man's without a shirt.”
• “Let the world slide, let the world go;A fig for care, and a fig for woe!If I can't pay, why I can owe,And death makes equal the high and low.”
• “All a green willow, willow,All a green willow is my garland.”
• “Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste, Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.”
• “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.”
• “And once their hasty heat a little controlled, Than perceive they well, hot love soon cold. And when hasty witless mirth is mated well, Good to be merry and wise, they think and feel.”

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