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... Better is to boow then breake.
It hurteth not the tounge to geue fayre wurdis.
The rough net is not the best catcher of Burdis.
Sense ye can nought wyn, if ye can not please,
Best is to suffre: For of sufferance comth ease.
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Whan the sunne shinth make hay, whiche is to say,
Take time whan time comth, lest time steale away.
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Well aunt (quoth Ales) all is well that endes well.
Ye Ales, of a good begynnyng comth a good end.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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John Heywood
Born:
1497
Died:
1580
(aged 83)
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