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1667 Playwright Quotes

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

Expensive Known Man Most
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Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

Lose Far Time Moment
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Any Behavior Best Him
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Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

Full Wisdom Ordination Fate
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
Grief Much Suppress Too
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There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.

Room Smallest Happy Loving-pair
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There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.

Decent Deserve Folk Like
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Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Nation Worthless Gladly Stake
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

Book Books Day Doing
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Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Honesty Prospers Condition Life
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
Fine Good Live Soup
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

Fine How Know Oh
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Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Mankind Made Greater Little
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Voice Majority Proof Justice
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We die only once, and for such a long time.

Die Long Long Time Once
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

Clothed Every Every Heart Everyone
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The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
Rich Richer Poor Poorer
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One should eat to live, not live to eat.

Eat Live Should Food
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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Emperor Power Dictate Heart
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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.

Bear Pocket Praise Put
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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power Most Persuasive Rhetoric
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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
Know Me Right Wrong
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
Bear Best Fruit Grow
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

Direct Error Haste Road
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To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

Gain Crown Fighting Great
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.

Am Devout Human I Am
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It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long

Wise Reveal Concealed Long
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

Amusing Comedy Correct Duty
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Love is often the fruit of marriage.
Fruit Love Love Is Marriage
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To save all we must risk all.
Save We Must Risk
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The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

World Ruled Consideration Advantages
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

Control Even Grammar How
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

Fine Joy Love Think
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Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Revenge Barren Dreadful Food
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Glory Greater More Obstacle
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

Dog House Lover Pet
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Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

Utility Great Powers Talent
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They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Wise Wisdom Already Love
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

Anything Ever Everything Having
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I am better than my reputation.

Better Reputation
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.

Appear Pray Scholarly Speak
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
Better Better Place Follies Greater
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Great souls suffer in silence.
Great Soul Suffer Silence
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It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Truth Difficult Voice Amid
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The universe is one of God's thoughts.
God Universe Thoughts
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.

Capacity Every Indulge Occasion
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A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

Merely Enemy Rise Reconciled
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The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

Flatter Friends Itself Less
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Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

Disappointments Soul Thunderstorm Air
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With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain

Stupidity Gods Struggle In-vain
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