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] |