John Lyly
John Lyly
John Lylywas an English writer, poet, dramatist, playwright, and politician, best known for his books Euphues: The Anatomy of Witand Euphues and His England. Lyly's mannered literary style, originating in his first books, is known as euphuism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 April 1908
bees
Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.
feet wagons companion
A merry companion is as good as a wagon, For you shall be sure to ride though ye go a foot.
inward dangerous wounds
The wound that bleedeth inward is most dangerous.
friendship friends fall
Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.
love-is lovers should
If love be a god, why should not lovers be virtuous?
children truth
Children and fooles speake true.
suffering quality his-love
An Englishman hath three qualities, he can suffer no partner in his love, no stranger to be his friend, nor to be dared by any.
men bees
A comely olde man as busie as a bee.
blunt finest made
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
procrastination
Nothing so perilous as procrastination
eye night thousand
The night has a thousand eyes.
law mind deceit
I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless.
wit committed idolatry
I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom.
comfort misery companion
In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.