“When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.”
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Famous John Webster Quotes
“For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.”
“Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.”
“All things do help the unhappy man to fall.”
“Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.”
“Let guilty men remember, their black deeds Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.”
“That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.”
“All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through.”
“Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.”
“Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.”
“See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast.”
“The misery of us, that are born great, We are forced to woo because none dare woo us.”
“Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.”
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”
