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In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.
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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Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
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The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.
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Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
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Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.
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I thank you for nothing, because I understand nothing.
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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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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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Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
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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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To love and to live well is wished of many, but incident to few.
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
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Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.
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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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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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If you will be cherished when you are old, be courteous while you be young.
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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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There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
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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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