All John Lyly Quotes
- Nothing so perilous as procrastination Funny
- The night has a thousand eyes. Eye
- As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hate. Best
- I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless. Committed
- I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom. Committed
- Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy. Force
- It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing. Altered
- The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. Honesty
- He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose. Funny
- Children and fools speak true. Children
- A merry companion is as good as a wagon. Companion
- The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after. Always Ready
- It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon. Blind
- Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard. Drunkard
- The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well. Envious
- Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. Consummated
- The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. Corrupted
- Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. Heart
- In misery it is great comfort to have a companion. Comfort
- To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind. Fancy
- He that comes in print because he would be known, is like the fool that comes into the market because he would be seen. Fool
- The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever. Bone
- A heat full of coldness, a sweet full of bitterness, a pain full of pleasantness, which maketh thoughts have eyes and hearts ears, bred by… Bitterness
- Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor… Addeth
- When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms. Adversities