| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 297 |
| AUTHOR: | John Lyly (1554?1606) |
| QUOTATION: | Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Euphues and his England, page 279. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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