Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke. - John Lyly

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Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke.

John Lyly

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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).

Alternative Names: John Lylie • John Lylly • John Lilly • John Lily

Originators like John Lyly:

I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the Hounde.

Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde?

A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.