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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

301 John Lyly 1554?-1606 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:301
AUTHOR:John Lyly (1554?–1606)
QUOTATION:A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Euphues and his England, page 314.
 
Note 1.
The rose is fairest when ’t is budding new.—Sir Walter Scott: Lady of the Lake, canto iii. st. 1. [back]