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A merry companion is as good as a wagon.
John Lyly
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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
Novelist
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Kent
England
John Lilly
John Lylie
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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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Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
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None but the lark so shrill and clear Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings.
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Though women have small force to overcome men by reason yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.
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Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe.
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In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance.
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
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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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When parents put gold into the hands of youth, when they should put a rod under their girdle--when instead of awe they make them past grace, and leave them rich executors of goods, and poor executors of godliness, then it is no marvel that the son being left rich by his father's will, becomes reckless by his own will.
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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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