John Heywood: Quotes about men

John Heywood was English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs. Explore interesting quotes on men.
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“The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.”

Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste,
Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.”

Some things that provoke young men to wed in haste,
Show after wedding, that haste makes waste.
Part I, chapter 2.
Proverbs (1546)

“Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.”

Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“And while I at length debate and beate the bushe,
There shall steppe in other men, and catche the burdes,
And by long time lost in many vayne wurdes.”

And while I at length debate and beat the bush,
There shall step in other men, and catch the birds,
And by long time lost in many vain words.
Part I, chapter 3.
Proverbs (1546)

“Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.”

Part I, ch 9.
Proverbs (1546)