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Though the Camomill, the more it is trodden and pressed downe the more it spreadeth.
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For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.
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He reckoneth without his Hostesse. Love knoweth no lawes.
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A rose is sweeter in the bud than full-blown.
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It seems to me (said she) that you are in some brown study.
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Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark.
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Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.
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John Lyly
Born:
1553
Died:
November 27, 1606
(aged 53)
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