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
sun corruption
The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.
heart past mind
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
broken together stronger
The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever.
wind fire giving
To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
comfort misery companion
In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.
ignorance foxes blind
It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.
anger shadow substance
In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance.
time strokes oaks
Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.
procrastination
Nothing so perilous as procrastination
eye night thousand
The night has a thousand eyes.
hate wine vinegar
As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hate.
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.
women overcoming reason
Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.