John Lyly

(51 votes)   To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.

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(288 votes)   Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

John Lyly
c.1554-1606, British Writer

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(56 votes)   A clear conscience is a sure card.

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(56 votes)   We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.

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(54 votes)   The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

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(54 votes)   Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

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

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(51 votes)   Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

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(50 votes)   He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

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(49 votes)   A merry companion is as good as a wagon.

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(49 votes)   The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.

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(46 votes)   Night hath a thousand eyes.

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