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For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.
John Lyly
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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
Novelist
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Kent
England
John Lilly
John Lylie
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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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Though women have small force to overcome men by reason yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.
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Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
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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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Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe.
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The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.
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Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.
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When adversities flow, then love ebbs but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.
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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 greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well.
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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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As love knoweth no lawes, so it regardeth no conditions
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The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
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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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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
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The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever.
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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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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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Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.
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