“Anger is blood, poured and perplexed into froth; but malice is the wisdom of our wrath.”
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Famous William Davenant Quotes
“Had laws not been, we never had been blam'd; For not to know we sinn'd is innocence.”
“Small are the seeds fate does unheeded sow Of slight beginnings to important ends.”
“For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.”
“Generous souls Are still most subject to credulity.”
Source: Dramatic Works of William D'Avenant
“Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.”
“Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.”
Source: Dramatic Works of William D'Avenant
“It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused.”
“Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.”