“Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.”
Quote by John Lyly
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“Rather fast then surfette, rather starue then striue to exceede.”
Source: Euphues. The Anatomy of Wit. Editio princeps, 1579. Euphues and his England. Editio princeps, 1580. Collated with early subsequent editions ... Carefully edited by Edward Arber
“The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.”
Source: Euphues. The Anatomy of Wit. Editio princeps, 1579. Euphues and his England. Editio princeps, 1580. Collated with early subsequent editions ... Carefully edited by Edward Arber
“A comely olde man as busie as a bee.”
Source: Eupheus, the Anatomy of Wit; Eupheus and His England
“Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.”
“As lyke as one pease is to another.”
Source: Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit. Editio Princeps. 1579. Euphues and His England. Editio Princeps. 1580. Collated with Early Subsequent Editions
“For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.”
Source: John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition
“Lette me stande to the maine chance.”
Source: John Lyly: Selected Prose and Dramatic Work
“Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.”
Source: Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit. Editio Princeps. 1579. Euphues and His England. Editio Princeps. 1580. Collated with Early Subsequent Editions