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She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair. - Persius (satire V, l. 246) [Hair] They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite. - Prologue to Conquest of Granada [Criticism] The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood, Yet only eats and drinks what you think good. - Prologue to Lee's Caesar Borgia [Authorship] All who (like him) have writ ill plays before, For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made, To execute the members of their trade. - Prologue to Rival Queens [Criticism] Thespis, the first professor of our art, At country wakes snug ballads from a cart. - Prologue to Sophonisba [Ballads] But 'tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation. - Prologue to Sophonisba (l. 9) [Reformation] Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live. - Pythagorean Phil (l. 705) [Life] And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require. - Religio Laici (l. 297) [Scripture] The welcome news is in the letter found; The carrier's not commission'd to expound; It speaks itself, and what it does contain, In all things needful to be known is plain. - Religio Laici (l. 366) [Post] And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by disputes the public peace disturb; For points obscure are of small use to learn, But common quiet is mankind's concern. - Religio Laici (l. 445) [Doctrine] I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more. - Sebastian (act I, sc. 1) [Soul] Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long. - Sixth Satire of Juvenal (l. 573) [Wit] Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows. - Sixth Satire of Juvenal (l. 583) [Language] Skill'd in the globe and sphere, he gravely stands, And, with his compass, measures seas and lands. - Sixth Satire of Juvenal (l. 760) [Navigation] The poorest of the sex have still an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid inquires, if she shall take The trusty tailor, and the cook forsake. - Sixth Satire of Juvenal (l. 762) [Curiosity] Lord of human kind. - Spanish Friar (act II, sc. 1) [Pride] There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know! - Spanish Friar (act II, st. 1) [Insanity] Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. - The Art of Poetry (canto I, l. 75) [Poets] Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time, But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime. - The Cock and the Fox (l. 285) [Murder] Fame then was cheap, and the first courier sped; And they have kept it since, by being dead. - The Conquest of Granada (epilogue) [Fame] What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew? - The Conquest of Grenada (pt. II, act III, sc. 1) [Tears] Plain without pomp, and rich without a show. - The Flower and the Leaf (l. 187) [Character] The fresh eglantine exhaled a breath, Whose odours were of power to raise from death. - The Flower and the Leaf (l. 96) [Sweetbrier Roses] To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. - The Hind and the Panther (pt. I, l. 141) [Faith] For truth has such a face and such a mien, As to be lov'd needs only to be seen. - The Hind and the Panther (pt. I, l. 33) [Truth] Displaying page 19 of 21 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 [19] 20 21
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