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> [All is Fair In Love And War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/all-is-fair-in-love-and-war/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

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> [“The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/the-rules-of-fair-play-do-not-apply-in-love-and-war/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

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> [Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/where-the-countenance-is-fair-there-need-no-colors/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

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## More by John Lyly

> [A clere conscience is a sure carde.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/a-clere-conscience-is-a-sure-carde/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [Thou art an heyre to fayre lying, that is nothing, if thou be disinherited of learning, for better were it to thee to inherite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/thou-art-an-heyre-to-fayre-lying-that-is-nothing-if-thou-be/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/the-finest-edge-is-made-with-the-blunt-whetstone/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/where-the-streame-runneth-smoothest-the-water-is-deepest/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/far-more-seemly-to-have-thy-study-full-of-books-than-thy-purse-full/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/the-greater-the-kindred-is-the-lesse-the-kindnesse-must-bee/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/maydens-be-they-never-so-foolyshe-yet-beeing-fayre-they-are-commonly/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [All is Fair In Love And War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/all-is-fair-in-love-and-war/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/a-rose-is-sweeter-in-the-budde-than-full-blowne/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [Love is made in heaven and consummated on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/love-is-made-in-heaven-and-consummated-on-earth/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/beauty-a-deceitful-bait-with-a-deadly-hook/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/to-love-women-and-never-enjoy-them-is-as-much-to-love-wine-and-never/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [If all the earth were paper white / And all the sea were ink / 'Twere not enough for me to write / As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/if-all-the-earth-were-paper-white-and-all-the-sea-were-ink-twere-not/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/when-adversities-flow-then-love-ebbs-but-friendship-standeth-stiffly/)

[John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/)

> [Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/let-the-falling-out-of-friends-be-a-renewing-of-affection/)

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