John Lyly Quotes
He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
Lyly, John. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit. Edited by Edward Arber, Alex. Murray & Son, 1868.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. From the point of view of the person or company that bribes or gives campaign contributions to legislators, there has often been a problem that when the heat is on the legislator might begin to refrain from voting as was expected. Twain was joking in this quotation by using the world “morality” to describe the obligation of the legislator to vote for the interest of the briber or campaign contributor. However, there were several major businessmen who actually saw the bribed legislator as having a moral and ethical duty to continue to protect the interest of the briber.
Presidential assistant Sherman Adams was rumored to have accepted gifts for favors. Adams resigned in disgrace a few months later.
John Lyly was an English writer, dramatist, courtier, and parliamentarian, best known during his lifetime for his two books Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and its sequel Euphues and His England (1580), but perhaps best remembered now for his plays. Lyly's distinctive literary style, named after the title character of his two books, is known as euphuism.
