John Lyly

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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose. ↗


— John Lyly

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The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. ↗


— John Lyly

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As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate. ↗


— John Lyly

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A clear conscience is a sure card. ↗


— John Lyly

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A merry companion is as good as a wagon. ↗


— John Lyly

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Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. ↗


— John Lyly

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Night hath a thousand eyes. ↗


— John Lyly

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The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. ↗


— John Lyly

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To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind. ↗


— John Lyly

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We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth. ↗


— John Lyly

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1569) and his wife Jane Burgh (or Brough) of Burgh Hall in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Twenty friends :hat though they saye they will be sure I finde them sure to be slowe. After 1590 his works steadily declined in influence and reputation; he died poor and neglected in the early part of James I's reign.

John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie; c. Lyly's literary style originating in his first books is known as euphuism.