Quote #42

You cannot see the wood for the trees.

More from John Heywood

  1. A penny for your thought.
  2. Tit for tat.
  3. A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
  4. Three may keep counsel, if two be away.
  5. But in deed, A friend is never known till a man have need.
  6. Many hands make light work.
  7. A hair of the dog that bit us.
  8. There is no fire without some smoke.

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