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Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.

John Lyly

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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
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Kent
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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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Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe.
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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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The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.
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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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A heat full of coldness, a sweet full of bitterness, a pain full of pleasantness, which maketh thoughts have eyes and hearts ears, bred by desire, nursed by delight, weaned by jealousy, kill'd by dissembling, buried by ingratitude, and this is love.
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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
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Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.
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Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.
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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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[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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