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When adversities flow, then love ebbs but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.

John Lyly

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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Kent
England
John Lilly
John Lylie
John Lyly
Loyalty
Adversity
Storm
Flow
Friendship
Stiffly
Love
Ebbs
Adversities
Storms

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