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Marriage is destinie, made in heaven. — John Lyly

I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom. — John Lyly

Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest. — John Lyly

When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms. — John Lyly

The tongue, the ambassador of the heart. — John Lyly

The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel. — John Lyly

If you will be cherished when you are old, be courteous while you be young. — John Lyly

Rather fast then surfette, rather starue then striue to exceede. — John Lyly

Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate. — John Lyly

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks. — John Lyly

Fish and guests in three days are stale. — John Lyly

Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest. — John Lyly

A bargain is a bargain. — John Lyly

All is fair in love and war — John Lyly

[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

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. — John Lyly

It is the eye of the master that fatteth the horse, and the love of the woman that maketh the man. — John Lyly

Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly. — John Lyly

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

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

A comely olde man as busie as a bee. — John Lyly

Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy. — John Lyly

The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well. — John Lyly

To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it. — John Lyly

Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue and lytterature. — John Lyly

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. — John Lyly

Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook. — John Lyly

To love and to live well is wished of many, but incident to few. — John Lyly

In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance. — John Lyly

To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind. — John Lyly

I thank you for nothing, because I understand nothing. — John Lyly

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

It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon. — John Lyly

The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail. — John Lyly

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose. — John Lyly

The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war. — John Lyly

As love knoweth no lawes, so it regardeth no conditions — John Lyly

The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after. — John Lyly

A merry companion is as good as a wagon. — John Lyly

In misery it is great comfort to have a companion. — John Lyly

Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe. — John Lyly

Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing. — John Lyly

It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing. — John Lyly

The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee. — John Lyly

There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. — John Lyly

Children and fools speak true. — John Lyly

Lette me stande to the maine chance. — John Lyly

Love knoweth no laws. — John Lyly

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth. — John Lyly

The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. — John Lyly

Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection. — John Lyly

Lips are no part of the head, only made for a double-leaf door for the mouth. — John Lyly

The measure of love is to have no mean, the end to be everlasting. — John Lyly

Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest. — John Lyly

Nothing so perilous as procrastination — John Lyly

As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate. — John Lyly

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

Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard. — John Lyly

For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots. — John Lyly

The night has a thousand eyes. — John Lyly

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

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. — John Lyly

If thy wealth waste, they wit will give but small warmth. — John Lyly

It is good walking when one hath his horse in hand. — John Lyly

It is far more seemly
to have thy Studie full of Bookes,
than thy Purse full of money.
— John Lyly

All fish are not caught with flies — John Lyly

Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors. — John Lyly

The wound that bleedeth inward is most dangerous. — John Lyly

The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever. — John Lyly

A clear conscience is a sure card. — John Lyly

Do you think that any one can move the heart but He that made it? — John Lyly

As lyke as one pease is to another. — John Lyly

Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush. — John Lyly

If love be a god, why should not lovers be virtuous? — John Lyly

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

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

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone. — John Lyly

The fallyng out of faithfull frends is the renuyng of loue. — John Lyly

Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. — John Lyly

Children and fooles speake true. — John Lyly

A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne. — John Lyly

It is a world to see. — John Lyly

All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold. — John Lyly

The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble. — John Lyly