Quotes from John Lyly


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    A merry companion is as good as a wagon.

    Good | Companion | Merry


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

    Love | Best | Wine


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

    Teeth | Shall | Undo


    A clear conscience is a sure card.

    Conscience | Sure | Clear


    He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

    Honesty | Lose | Hath


    Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

    Marriage | Heaven | Earth


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

    Life | Honesty | Measure


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

    Sun | Corrupted


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

    Fire | Wind | Reason


    Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

    Hope | Heart | Past


    Night hath a thousand eyes.

    Eyes | Night | Thousand


       

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