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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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When adversities flow, then love ebbs but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.
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A bargain is a bargain.
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The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.
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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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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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The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
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The wound that bleedeth inward is most dangerous.
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Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
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In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance.
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A comely olde man as busie as a bee.
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There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
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Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe.
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