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Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there Seduced me first to me a wicked player.”
“Since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little.”
Source: The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies
“A good husband makes a good wife at any time.”
Source: THE ENGLISH THEATRE IN EIGHT VOLUMES: CONTAINING The Most Valuable PLAYS Which Have Been Acted on the LONDON STAGE.. INCONSTANT. By Mr. Farzuhar ; LOVE FOR LOVE. By Mr. Congreve ; LOVE MAKES A MAN. By C. Cibber, Esq. ; LYING LOVER. By Sir Rich. Steele ; PROVOKED WIFE. By Sir John Vanbrugh. VOL. V.
“The shortest pleasures are the sweetest.”
Source: The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies, Publish'd in His Life-time. In Two Volumes
“Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets.”
Source: The twin-rivals: A comedy. : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane: by her Majesty's servants
“Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant.”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman.”
Source: The Constant Couple, Or, a Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal at Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants
“Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“One may like the love and despise the lover.”
Source: The Recruiting Officer: A Comedy. ... Written by Mr. Farquhar
“Those who know the least obey the best.”
Source: British Theatre: Sir Harry Wildair
“There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.”
“I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.”
“How a little love and good company improves a woman.”
Source: A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. XIII.
“Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.”
Source: The Beaux' Stratagem: A Comedy in Five Acts
Source: Hit Or Miss! A Musical Farce in Two Acts
“When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another.”
Source: Comedy of the Beaux Stratagem with the Biography of the Author and a Critique by Richard Cumberland
“Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.”
“Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.”
Source: British Theatre: Sir Harry Wildair
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
Source: A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. V.