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Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe.
John Lyly
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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
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Kent
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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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To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.
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The wound that bleedeth inward is most dangerous.
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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 broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever.
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To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
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As love knoweth no lawes, so it regardeth no conditions
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A comely olde man as busie as a bee.
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Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
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When adversities flow, then love ebbs but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.
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Lette me stande to the maine chance.
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Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.
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Nothing so perilous as procrastination
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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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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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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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For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.
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Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
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