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Quotes by John Lyly

After three days, fish and guests stink.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
 
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It is a world to see.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
Source: Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), Page 116.
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Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
Source: Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 39.
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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.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
 
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Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest.

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Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
Source: Euphues and his England, page 287.
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There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
Source: Euphues and his Euphbus, page 153.
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Your eyes are so sharpe that you cannot onely looke through a Milstone, but cleane through the minde.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
Source: Euphues and his England, page 289.
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A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
Source: Euphues and his England, page 314.
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The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble.

John Lyly (1554 - 1606)
Source: Euphues, 1579, Page 81.
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