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John Florio
(1553?-1625) born on
English "translator, lexicographer". "He compiled an Italian-English dictionary; wrote "A World of Words," 1598; translated Montaigne's essays, 1613."
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F
Praise the sea; on shore remain.

R
Night is the mother of thoughts.
A
"For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use them is a grace, to understand them a good."
N
"Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born."
K
Patience is the best medicine.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
R: ""First Frutes.""
A: ""Second Frutes," Preface, 1591."
N: "In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."
K: ""First Frutes.""
   



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