English writer (1553-1606)
In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
The measure of love is to have no mean, the end to be everlasting.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues and His England
Be ye as steadfast to me as I'll be to you, and we two will go to the world's end; and yet we cannot, for the world is round, and seeing 'tis round, let's dance in the circle; come, turn about.
JOHN LYLY
The Woman in the Moon
Maidens, be they never so foolish, yet being fair they are commonly fortunate.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.
JOHN LYLY
Sappho and Phao
The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
Fish and Guests in three days are stale.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
In the choice of a wife, sundry men are of sundry minds. One looketh high as one that feareth no chips, saying that the oil that swimmeth on the top is the wholesomest. Another poreth in the ground, as dreading all dangers that happen in great stocks, alleging that the honey that lieth in the bottom is the sweetest.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
A rose is sweeter in the bud than full blown.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
If you accuse me of unnaturalness in that I yield not to your request, I am also to condemn you of unkindness in that you grant not my petition.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
Night hath a thousand eyes.
JOHN LYLY
Maides Metamorphose
[Beauty is] a delicate bait with a deadly hook; a sweet panther with a devouring paunch, a sour poison in a silver pot.
JOHN LYLY
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit