“And great men do great good, or else great harm.”
Source: The White Devil
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Famous John Webster Quotes
“Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.”
Source: Four Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, 'Tis Pity She's A Whore and The White Devil
Source: The Works of John Webster: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes
“Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.”
“When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.”
Source: The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster
“All things do help the unhappy man to fall.”
Source: The Works of John Webster: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes
“Let guilty men remember, their black deeds Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.”
Source: The Works of John Webster: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes
“That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.”
Source: The Duchess of Malfi
“See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast.”