Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Nicholas Breton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Nicholas Breton.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Nicholas Breton

Nicholas Breton was a poet and prose writer of the English Renaissance.

English - Poet | 1545 - 1626
I wish my deadly foe no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.
Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.
We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb. — © Nicholas Breton
We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb.
Who can live in heart so glad As the merry country lad?
Much ado there was, God wot; He woold love, and she woold not, She sayd, "Never man was trewe;" He sayes, "None was false to you."
Shall we go dance the hay, the hay? Never pipe could ever play Better shepherd's roundelay.
Good wares make good markets.
Shall we go learn to kiss, to kiss? Never heart could ever miss Comfort, where true meaning is.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
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