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A comely olde man as busie as a bee.

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
Olde
Comely
Bees
Men

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The tongue, the ambassador of the heart.
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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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I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love which is lawless.
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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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If love be a god, why should not lovers be virtuous?
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For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.
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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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The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.
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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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Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
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Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.
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If you will be cherished when you are old, be courteous while you be young.
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As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hate.
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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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The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever.
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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
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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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As love knoweth no lawes, so it regardeth no conditions
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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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