John Lyly, Euphues.
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Take heede, Camilla, that seeking al the Woode for a streight sticke, you chuse not at the last a crooked staffe.
— John Lyly on Marriage
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Marriage" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 495-500.)
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About John Lyly
John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. 1553 – 1606) was an English writer, best known for his Euphues (1579).
About John Lyly
John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. 1553 – 1606) was an English writer, best known for his Euphues (1579).
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