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Quote by Christopher Marlowe

“Virginity, albeit some highly prize it, Compared with marriage, had you tried them both, Differs as much as wine and water doth.”

Book:Complete Poems

Work

Complete Poems

This book gathers a wide range of poems, showcasing various styles and themes from the author's career. more

Author

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. He is known for his work in the development of English drama, particularly his use of blank verse and his portrayal of antiheroes. Marlowe's plays, including 'Doctor Faustus' and 'Tamburlaine the Great', are considered foundational in the English Renaissance. more

“We would not - from here - counsel anyone to be guided by influences from without. ... If these come as in inspirational writings from within, and not as guidance from others - that is different ... the inspirational may develop the soul of the individual, while the automatic may rarely reach beyond the force that is guiding or directing.”

Ifs Writing May Different Soul Individual Force Influence Guidance

Author:Edgar Cayce

“Science proceeds by successive answers to questions more and more subtle, coming nearer and nearer to the very essence of phenomena.”

Answers Essence Subtle

Author:Louis Pasteur

“Outsidetheir laboratories, thephysicianand chemist are soldiers without arms on the field of battle.”

Fields Arms Battle Soldier Laboratory Chemist

Author:Louis Pasteur

“Great problems are now being handled, keeping every thinking man in suspense; the unity or multiplicity of human races; the creation of man 1,000 years or 1,000 centuries ago; the fixity of species, or the slow and progressive transformation of one species into another; the eternity of matter; the idea of a God unnecessary: such are some of the questions that humanity discusses nowadays.”