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A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t' his other virtues, They're all unseason'd without it. - New Inn (act IV, sc. 3) [Valor] Of Pan we sing, the best of leaders Pan, That leads the Naiads and the Dryads forth; And to their dances more than Hermes can, Hear, O you groves, and hills resound his worth. - Pan's Anniversary Hymn (I) [Gods] It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it falls and die that night-- It was the plant and flower of Light. - Pindaric Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison [Growth : Trees] Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on. - Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue [Pleasure] The master of art or giver of wit, Their belly. - Poetaster [Eating] Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet. - Poetaster (act 5, sc. 3) [Apparel] Sweet meat must have sour sauce. - Poetaster (act III, 3) [Sweetness] Ramp up my genius, be not retrograde, But boldly nominate a spade a spade. - Poetaster (act V, 3) [Names] 'Tis not the wholesome sharp mortality, Or modest anger of a satiric spirit, That hurts or wounds the body of a state, But the sinister application Of the malicious, ignorant, and base Interpreter; who will distort and strain The general scope and purpose of an author To his particular and private spleen. - Poetaster (act V, sc. 1) [Criticism] O what is it proud slime will not believe Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised Thus with the gods? - Sejanus (act I) [Power] Cut Men's throats with whisperings. - Sejanus (act I, sc. 1) [Slander] The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. - Sejanus (act V, sc. 1) [Conceit] Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace: Robes loosely flowing, hair as free; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. - Silent Woman (act I, sc. 1) [Books : Neglect] It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could'st make the time to do so too; I'll wind thee up no more. - Staple of News (act I, sc. 1) [Clocks : Jewels] -----They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and sink all The shipping there. --But how is't done? --I'll show you, sir. It is automa, runs under water With a snug nose, and has a nimble tail Made like an auger, with which tail she wriggles Betwixt the costs of a ship and sinks it straight. - Staple of News (act III, sc. 1) [Navigation] Care that is entered once into the breast Will have the whole possession ere it rest. - Tale of a Tub (act I, sc. 4) [Care] Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar. - The Alchemist (act II, sc. 1) [Argument] The burnt child dreads the fire. - The Devil is an Ass (act I, sc. 2) [Fire] If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him. - The Devil Is an Ass (act IV, sc. 1) [Faith] The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it. - The Devil is an Ass (act IV, sc. 1) [Devil] Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. - The Forest--Song to Celia [Kisses : Love : Toasts] Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say are not women truly, then, Styled but the shadows of us men? - The Forest--Song--That Women are but Men's Shadows [Shadows : Wooing] The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. - The Forest--To Celia [Toasts] For he that once is good, is ever great. - The Forest--To Lady Aubigny [Greatness] Preserving the sweetness of proportion and expressing itself beyond expression. - The Masque of Hymen [Expression] Displaying page 7 of 8 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8
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