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The tongue, the ambassador of the heart.

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
Ambassador
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Tongue
Heart

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