English - Writer | April 3, 1908 - May 25, 1908
The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
John Lyly
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We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.
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As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.
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A clear conscience is a sure card.
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A merry companion is as good as a wagon.
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Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
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The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.
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Night hath a thousand eyes.
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To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
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