Quotes by John Lyly

Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend,...

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

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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame

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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

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We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our...

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

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

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Night hath a thousand eyes.

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Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

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As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to...

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A merry companion is as good as a wagon.

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