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I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the Hounde

Quote byJohn Lyly · 1554–1606

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Euphues (Arber [1580]), P. 107. Compare: "To hold with the hare and run with the hound", John Heywood, Proverbes, Part i, Chap. x.

English (original)

I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the Hounde.

— John Lyly

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