John Lyly - Euphues

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The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.

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Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.

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Your eyes are so sharp that you cannot only look through a millstone, but clean through the mind.

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I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweet tooth in his head.

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Did not Jupiter transforme himselfe into the shape of Amphitrio to embrace Alcmæna; into the form of a swan to enjoy Leda; into a Bull to beguile Io; into a showre of gold to win Danae?

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Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.

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There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.

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Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde?

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I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the Hounde.

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Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles.

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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

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The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

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The rattling thunderbolt hath but his clap, the lightning but his flash, and as they both come in a moment, so do they both end in a minute.

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Oh ye Gods, have ye ordeyned for every malady a medicine, for every sore a salve, for every paine a plaster...

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Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush.

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The measure of love is to have no mean, the end to be everlasting.

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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.

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It is the eye of the master that fatteth the horse, and the love of the woman that maketh the man.

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To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.

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Maidens, be they never so foolish, yet being fair they are commonly fortunate.

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Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

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Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke.

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That honourable estate of Matrimony, which was sanctified in Paradise, allowed of the Patriarches, hallowed of the olde Prophets, and commended of al persons.

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Rather fast then surfette, rather starue then striue to exceede.

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I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom.

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Be valiant, but not too venturous. Let thy attire be comely, but not costly.

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I have not yet forgot the invective (I cannot term it any other) which you made against beauty, calling it a deceitful bait with a deadly hook.

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Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.

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The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well.

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To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.

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