Where these words come from
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- Documented English proverb, first recorded in John Heywood's proverb collection (1546): "Some heades haue taken two headis better then one." Earlier sentiment echoed in Ecclesiastes 4:9 (Coverdale Bible, 1535) but the specific English phrasing is Heywood's.
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