John Lyly: Quotes about love

John Lyly was English politician. Explore interesting quotes on love.

John Lyly: 58 quotes1 like

“All is fair in love and war”

“Cupid and my Campaspe play'd
At cards for kisses—Cupid paid:
He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows,
His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;
Loses them too; then down he throws
The coral of his lips, the rose
Growing one's cheek (but none knows how);
With these, the crystal of his brow,
And then the dimple of his chin:
All these did my Campaspe win.
At last he set her both his eyes—
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.
O Love! has she done this for thee?
What shall, alas! become of me?”

Poem: Cupid and Campaspe.

“He reckoneth without his Hostesse. Love knoweth no lawes.”

John Lyly book Euphues

Source: Euphues (Arber [1580]), P. 84. Compare: "Reckeners without their host must recken twice", John Heywood, Proverbes, Part i, Chap. viii.