John Lyly - To give reason for fancy were to weigh...

Fancy

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

- John Lyly

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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

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Night hath a thousand eyes.

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As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.

- John Lyly

A merry companion is as good as a wagon.

- John Lyly

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

- John Lyly

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

- John Lyly

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

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