John Lyly Quotes

"A clear conscience is a sure card."
- John Lyly
(Related: Conscience)

"As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate."
- John Lyly
(Related: Love, Hate, Wine)

"He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose."
- John Lyly
(Related: Honesty, Nothing)

"Night hath a thousand eyes."
- John Lyly
(Related: Eyes, Night)

"Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame."
- John Lyly
(Related: Heart, Hope, Mind, Past, Shame)

"The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted."
- John Lyly
(Related: Sun)

"The true measure of life is not length, but honesty."
- John Lyly
(Related: Life, Honesty, Measure)

"We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth."
- John Lyly

"To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind."
- John Lyly
(Related: Fancy, Fire, Measure, Reason, Wind)

"Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth."
- John Lyly
(Related: Earth, Heaven)