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John Lyly quotes: Marriage is destinie, made in heaven. Marriage is destinie, made in heaven.
John Lyly quotes: I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom. I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom.
John Lyly quotes: Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest. Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.
John Lyly quotes: When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms. When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.
John Lyly quotes: The tongue, the ambassador of the heart. The tongue, the ambassador of the heart.
John Lyly quotes: The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel. The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.
John Lyly quotes: If you will be cherished when you are old, be courteous while you be young. If you will be cherished when you are old, be courteous while you be young.
John Lyly quotes: Rather fast then surfette, rather starue then striue to exceede. Rather fast then surfette, rather starue then striue to exceede.
John Lyly quotes: Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate. Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.
John Lyly quotes: Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks. Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.
John Lyly quotes: Fish and guests in three days are stale. Fish and guests in three days are stale.
John Lyly quotes: Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest. Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest.
John Lyly quotes: A bargain is a bargain. A bargain is a bargain.
John Lyly quotes: All is fair in love and war All is fair in love and war
John Lyly quotes: [Beauty is] a delicate bait with a deadly hook; a sweet panther with a devouring paunch, a sour poison in a silver pot. [Beauty is] a delicate bait with a deadly hook; a sweet panther with a devouring paunch, a sour poison in a silver pot.
John Lyly quotes: Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
John Lyly quotes: It is the eye of the master that fatteth the horse, and the love of the woman that maketh the man. It is the eye of the master that fatteth the horse, and the love of the woman that maketh the man.
John Lyly quotes: Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly. Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.
John Lyly quotes: An Englishman hath three qualities, he can suffer no partner in his love, no stranger to be his friend, nor to be dared by any. An Englishman hath three qualities, he can suffer no partner in his love, no stranger to be his friend, nor to be dared by any.
John Lyly quotes: None but the lark so shrill and clear;Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,The morn not waking till she sings. None but the lark so shrill and clear;
Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,
The morn not waking till she sings.
John Lyly quotes: A comely olde man as busie as a bee. A comely olde man as busie as a bee.
John Lyly quotes: Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy. Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.
John Lyly quotes: The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well. The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well.
John Lyly quotes: To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it. To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.
John Lyly quotes: Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue and lytterature. Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue and lytterature.
John Lyly quotes: Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
John Lyly quotes: Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook. Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook.
John Lyly quotes: To love and to live well is wished of many, but incident to few. To love and to live well is wished of many, but incident to few.
John Lyly quotes: In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance. In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance.
John Lyly quotes: To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind. To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
John Lyly quotes: I thank you for nothing, because I understand nothing. I thank you for nothing, because I understand nothing.
John Lyly quotes: I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless. I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless.
John Lyly quotes: It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon. It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.
John Lyly quotes: The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail. The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.
John Lyly quotes: He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose. He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
John Lyly quotes: The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war. The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war.
John Lyly quotes: As love knoweth no lawes, so it regardeth no conditions As love knoweth no lawes, so it regardeth no conditions
John Lyly quotes: The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after. The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.
John Lyly quotes: A merry companion is as good as a wagon. A merry companion is as good as a wagon.
John Lyly quotes: In misery it is great comfort to have a companion. In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.
John Lyly quotes: Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe. Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe.
John Lyly quotes: Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing. Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing.
John Lyly quotes: It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing. It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing.
John Lyly quotes: The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee. The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.
John Lyly quotes: There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
John Lyly quotes: Children and fools speak true. Children and fools speak true.
John Lyly quotes: Lette me stande to the maine chance. Lette me stande to the maine chance.
John Lyly quotes: Love knoweth no laws. Love knoweth no laws.
John Lyly quotes: We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth. We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.
John Lyly quotes: The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.
John Lyly quotes: Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection. Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.
John Lyly quotes: Lips are no part of the head, only made for a double-leaf door for the mouth. Lips are no part of the head, only made for a double-leaf door for the mouth.
John Lyly quotes: The measure of love is to have no mean, the end to be everlasting. The measure of love is to have no mean, the end to be everlasting.
John Lyly quotes: Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest. Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.
John Lyly quotes: Nothing so perilous as procrastination Nothing so perilous as procrastination
John Lyly quotes: As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate. As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.
John Lyly quotes: He that comes in print because he would be known, is like the fool that comes into the market because he would be seen. He that comes in print because he would be known, is like the fool that comes into the market because he would be seen.
John Lyly quotes: Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard. Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
John Lyly quotes: For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots. For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.
John Lyly quotes: The night has a thousand eyes. The night has a thousand eyes.
John Lyly quotes: Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles. Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles.
John Lyly quotes: The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
John Lyly quotes: If thy wealth waste, they wit will give but small warmth. If thy wealth waste, they wit will give but small warmth.
John Lyly quotes: It is good walking when one hath his horse in hand. It is good walking when one hath his horse in hand.
John Lyly quotes: It is far more seemly to have thy Studie full of Bookes, than thy Purse full of money. It is far more seemly
to have thy Studie full of Bookes,
than thy Purse full of money.
John Lyly quotes: All fish are not caught with flies All fish are not caught with flies
John Lyly quotes: Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors. Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors.
John Lyly quotes: The wound that bleedeth inward is most dangerous. The wound that bleedeth inward is most dangerous.
John Lyly quotes: The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever. The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever.
John Lyly quotes: A clear conscience is a sure card. A clear conscience is a sure card.
John Lyly quotes: Do you think that any one can move the heart but He that made it? Do you think that any one can move the heart but He that made it?
John Lyly quotes: As lyke as one pease is to another. As lyke as one pease is to another.
John Lyly quotes: Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush. Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush.
John Lyly quotes: If love be a god, why should not lovers be virtuous? If love be a god, why should not lovers be virtuous?
John Lyly quotes: The rattling thunderbolt hath but his clap, the lightning but his flash, and as they both come in a moment, so do they both end in a minute. The rattling thunderbolt hath but his clap, the lightning but his flash, and as they both come in a moment, so do they both end in a minute.
John Lyly quotes: If all the earth were paper white / And all the sea were ink / 'Twere not enough for me to write / As my poor heart doth think. If all the earth were paper white / And all the sea were ink / 'Twere not enough for me to write / As my poor heart doth think.
John Lyly quotes: The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone. The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
John Lyly quotes: The fallyng out of faithfull frends is the renuyng of loue. The fallyng out of faithfull frends is the renuyng of loue.
John Lyly quotes: Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
John Lyly quotes: Children and fooles speake true. Children and fooles speake true.
John Lyly quotes: A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne. A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.
John Lyly quotes: It is a world to see. It is a world to see.
John Lyly quotes: All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold. All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold.
John Lyly quotes: The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble. The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble.

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