The Works of Francis Beaumont, and Mr....
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“My hard fortunes Deserve not scorn; for I was never proud When they were good.”
Source: The Maid's Tragedy
“Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love Pity's the straightest.”
“There's nothing that allays an angry mind So soon as a sweet beauty.”
Source: Beaumont and Fletcher: or, The finest scenes, lyrics, and other beauties of those two poets, now first selected from the whole of their works, to the exclusion of whatever is morally objectionable: with opinions of distinguished critics, notes explanatory and otherwise, and a general introductory preface
“It is a word that's quickly spoken, which being unrestrained, a heart is broken”
“As men do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, After supper. 'Tis their exercise.”
Source: Philaster
“As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.”
Source: The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: in fourteen volumes: with an introduction and explanatory notes
Source: The Works of Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher: The two noble kinsmen; Thierry and Theodoret; The woman-hater; The nice valour; The honest man's fortune; A masque; Four plays or moral representations in one
“Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.”
Source: The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions
“There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.”
Source: The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: in fourteen volumes: with an introduction and explanatory notes
Source: The Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher: Selected
“Kiss till the cow comes home.”
Source: The scornful lady, a comedy
“The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.”
“It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.”
Source: The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr. John Fletcher: In Ten Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected. With Notes Critical and Explanatory
“Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.”
“Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.”
Source: The Dramatick Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: Humorous lieutenant. Faithfl shepherdess. Mad lover. Loyal subject. Rule a wife and have a wife
“Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.”
Source: The Works of Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher: The two noble kinsmen; Thierry and Theodoret; The woman-hater; The nice valour; The honest man's fortune; A masque; Four plays or moral representations in one
“The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy.”
Source: Works: With and Introd. and Explanatory Notes By Henry Weber
“Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us.”
“But what is past my help is past my care.”
Source: The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr. John Fletcher: In Ten Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected. With Notes Critical and Explanatory
“You are no better than you should be.”
Source: The Coxcomb. A Comedy, Etc