John Lyly Quotes

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John Lyly, born in 1553, was an influential English writer of the Renaissance period. Known for his plays and prose, he is considered one of the pioneers of English drama.

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Famous John Lyly Quotes

“Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish”

Faces Friendship Destiny Color Cold Fairs Misery Heat Diminish Wrinkles

Book:Endymion the Man in the Moon: Played Before the Queen's Majesty at Greenwich on Candlemas Day, at Night, by the Children of Paul's

Source: Endymion the Man in the Moon: Played Before the Queen's Majesty at Greenwich on Candlemas Day, at Night, by the Children of Paul's

“Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors.”

Needs Color Fairs Countenance

Book:John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition

Source: John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition