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
happiness men shirts
The happy man's without a shirt.
knowledge blind deaf
Who is so deaf or so blind as is he that willfully will neither hear nor see?
teamwork light hands
Many hands make light work.
ears hearing
Went in at the one ear and out at the other.
teamwork educational kissing
Two heads are better than one.
two ifs
Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
nests
It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest.
smoke
There is no fyre without some smoke.
shoes shops
Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?
growth ill
Ill wéede growth fast.
hard
A hard beginnyng makth a good endyng.
gone might
Might have gone further and have fared worse.
stones rolling rolling-stones
The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.
clothes suits tailors
Tis not the robe or garment I affect; For who would marry with a suit of clothes?