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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
John Lyly
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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
Novelist
Playwright
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Kent
England
John Lilly
John Lylie
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Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish
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Thou art an heyre to fayre lying, that is nothing, if thou be disinherited of learning, for better were it to thee to inherite righteousnesse then riches, and far more seemly were if for thee to haue thy Studie full of bookes, then thy pursse full of mony.
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The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.
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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
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Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.
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A merry companion is as good as a wagon, For you shall be sure to ride though ye go a foot.
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To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
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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.
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
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I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love which is lawless.
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Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue and lytterature.
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Nothing so perilous as procrastination
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The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.
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He that comes in print because he would be known, is like the fool that comes into the market because he would be seen.
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Lette me stande to the maine chance.
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It is the eye of the master that fatteth the horse, and the love of the woman that maketh the man.
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A new broome sweepeth cleane.
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Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
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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.
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[Beauty is] a delicate bait with a deadly hook a sweet panther with a devouring paunch, a sour poison in a silver pot.
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