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A good husband makes a good wife.
— John Florio
Tags: makes, good-wife, husband, wife, marriage, good

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Wisdom sails with wind and time.
— John Florio
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England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.
— John Florio
Tags: paradise, hell, men, women
Why but Learning would not be made common. Yea but Learning cannot be too common, and the commoner the better. Why but who is not jealous, his Mistresse should be so prostitute? Yea but this Mistress is like ayre, fire, water, the more breathed the clearer; the more extended the warmer; the more drawne the sweeter. It were inhumanitie to coop her up, and worthy forfeiture to conceal her. Why but Schollers should have some privilege of preheminence. So have they: they onely are worthy Translators. Why but the vulgar should not knowe all. No, they can not for all this; nor even Schollers for much more: I would, both could and knew much more than either doth or can. Why but all would not be knowne of all. No nor can: much more we know not than we know: all know something, none know all: would all know all? they must breake ere they be so bigge.
— John Florio The Essayes of Michael
Tags: town-and-gown, learning, knowledge, gatekeeping, elitism, classism, academia
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