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• He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.
  -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iii...
• Might have gone further and have fared worse. -- John Heywood (c.
  1565) -- Proverbes, Part ii, Chap. iv...
• Like will to like. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iv
• A hard beginning maketh a good ending. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iv
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• More frayd then hurt. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iv
• Nothing is impossible to a willing hart. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iv
• We both be at our wittes end. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. viii
• When the iron is hot, strike. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iii