--- title: "1 Tell Tale Quotes By John Lyly" description: "1 Tell Tale quotes by John Lyly. Plus more from John Lyly and more Tell Tale sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/john-lyly-6971_fancy_most-high-and-happy-princess-we-must-tel_2457984.jpg" --- > [“Most high and happy princess, we must tell you a tale of the Man in the Moon, which if it seem ridiculous for the method, or superfluous for the matter, or for the means incredible, for three faults we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lyly/most-high-and-happy-princess-we-must-tell-you-a-tale-of-the-man-in/) [John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/john-lyly-6971_fancy_most-high-and-happy-princess-we-must-tel_2457984.jpg) ## 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/) [John Lyly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lyly/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-tale/john-lyly/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tell Tale Quotes By John Lyly", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Most high and happy princess, we must tell you a tale of the Man in the Moon, which if it seem ridiculous for the method, or superfluous for the matter, or for the means incredible, for three faults we can make but one excuse: it is a tale of the Man in the Moon. 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