John Heywood
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John Heywood (c. 1497 – c. 1580) was 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 works survive.
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Works
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Plays
- The Mery Play betwene Johan Johan, the Husbande, Tyb, his Wyf, and Syr Johan, the Preest
- The Mery Play between the Pardoner and the Frere, the Curate and Neybour Pratte (before 1533)
- The Play called the foure PP; a newe and a very mery interlude of a palmer, a pardoner, a potycary, a pedler (c. 1530)
- The Play of the Wether, a new and mery interlude of all maner of Wethers (1533)
- The Play of Love (1533)
- A Dialogue on Wit and Folly
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Verse
- The Spider and the Flie (1556)
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Collections
- Proverbs (c. 1538)
- The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
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Famous epigrams
- What you have, hold.
- Haste maketh waste. (1546)
- Out of sight out of mind. (1542)
- When the sun shineth, make hay. (1546)
- Look ere ye leap. (1546)
- Two heads are better than one. (1546)
- Love me, love my dog. (1546)
- Beggars should be no choosers. (1546)
- All is well that ends well. (1546)
- The fat is in the fire. (1546)
- I know on which side my bread is buttered. (1546)
- One good turn asketh another. (1546)
- A penny for your thought. (1546)
- Rome was not built in one day. (1546)
- Better late than never. (1546)
- An ill wind that bloweth no man to good. (1546)
- The more the merrier. (1546)
- You cannot see the wood for the trees. (1546)
- This hitteth the nail on the head. (1546)
- No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth. (1546)
- Tread a woorme on the tayle and it must turne agayne. (1546)
- Many hands make light work. (1546)
- Wolde ye bothe eate your cake and haue your cake? (1562)
- When he should get aught, each finger is a thumb. (1546)
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