Christopher Marlowe Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Christopher Marlowe
[1-10] 
“Infinite riches in a little room.”
Wealth Quotes
Source: The Jew of Malta (act I, sc. 1)
“Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.”
Covetousness Quotes
Source: The Jew of Malta (act I, sc. 2)
“It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all.”
Companionship Quotes
Source: Faustus
“By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodies birds sing madrigals.”
Rivers Quotes
Source: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
“Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove; That is--more knave than fool.”
Knavery Quotes
Source: The Jew of Malta (act II, sc. 3)
“Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.-- Her lips suck forth my soul; see, where it flies!--”
Faces Quotes
Source: Faustus
“I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.”
Envy Quotes
Source: Doctor Faustus
“Things that are not at all, are never lost.”
Loss Quotes
Source: Hero and Leander--First Sestiad (l. 276)
“Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.”
Ambition Quotes
“Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is, more knave than fool.”
Knave Quotes