Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
—John Lyly
Topics: Shame
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.
—John Lyly
Topics: Belief, Truth
The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war.
—John Lyly
He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
—John Lyly
Topics: Honesty
What one believes to be true either is true or becomes true within limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are beliefs to be transcended.
—John Lyly
Topics: Positive Attitudes, Optimism
As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turned to the deadliest hate.
—John Lyly
Topics: Wine
Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on earth.
—John Lyly
Topics: Marriage
Our only security is our ability to change.
—John Lyly
Topics: Change
Though all men be made of one metal, yet they be not cast in one mold.
—John Lyly
The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
—John Lyly
Topics: Honesty
Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.
—John Lyly
Topics: Persistence, Perseverance, One Step at a Time
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