John Lyly Quotes
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I cast before the Moone.
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Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde?
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Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.
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I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head.
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Though the Camomill, the more it is trodden and pressed downe the more it spreadeth.
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For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.
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That honourable estate of Matrimony, which was sanctified in Paradise, allowed of the Patriarches, hallowed of the olde Prophets, and commended of al persons.
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A clere conscience is a sure carde.
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Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.
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Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke.
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As lyke as one pease is to another.
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How at heaven's gates she claps her wings,The morne not waking til she sings.
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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
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There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
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Did not Jupiter transforme himselfe into the shape of Amphitrio to embrace Alcmæna; into the form of a swan to enjoy Leda; into a Bull to beguile Io; into a showre of gold to win Danae?
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Lette me stande to the maine chance.
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It is a world to see.
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The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble; many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.
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He reckoneth without his Hostesse. Love knoweth no lawes.
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Your eyes are so sharpe that you cannot onely looke through a Milstone, but cleane through the minde.