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1667 Playwright Quotes

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

Books Everything Friends I Love
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.

Alive Bring Disadvantages Enough
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

Appreciated Husband Little Pitied
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

Art Away Betray Charm
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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.

Brought Continue Did Ever
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.

Girl Like Little Played
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Commerce Honour Long Prevails
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Alone Anticipation Calamity Future
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Blind Country Curiosity Goes
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!

Beauty Bliss Charming Colors
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As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Arise Attaining Become Desire
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Law Men Poor Rich
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.

Must Necessary Party Right
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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

Looks Picasso Sausage Someone
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.

Act Any Fun Here
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The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.
Critical Matrimony Period
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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.

About Anything Descend Earth
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Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it.

Doing Everyone Find Out
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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Look Meaning Weigh Words
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
Choice Consists Friends Happiness
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They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

Art Beast Brave Flatterer
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'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

Begin Common Disease Either
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition Makes More Need
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Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
Art Enemy Hath Ignorance
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Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Language Man May Most
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
Fear Greater Hell Prisoner
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He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

Adversity Knows Met Own
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Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

Good Hat Honor Man
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He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Fool Himself Master Only
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Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.

Call Mischief Past Them
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

Beauties Just Life May
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Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.

Ages Good Illustrate Live
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A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.

Careless Commonly Curious Face
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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Eloquence Same Speak Talking
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Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

Accuracy Confidence Had Industry
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Our borders remain open for Corona and closed for Rice.

Borders Rice Corona Open
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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?

Ever First Loved Sight
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Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

Beauty Best Estate Goodness
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Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.

Bargaining Buy Improves Love
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Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
Above Friend Life Love
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All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.

Alike Burial Earth Every
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That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.

Bliss Crown Earthly Felicity
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O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.

Art Beauty Stars Fairer
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Accursed be he that first invented war.

First Invented War Accursed
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I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.

Childish Count Hold Ignorance
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Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be.

Place Hath Hell Limits
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Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

Fields Hills Live Love
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You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

Cure Earth You
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Again Better Ever Fail
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I can't go on. I'll go on

Go
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