| 84 Famous Quotes by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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“Death hath so many doors to let out life.”
Death Quotes Source: The Custom of the Country (act II, sc. 2)
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“We must all die!
All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,
Nor how, so we die well; and can that man that does so
Need lamentation for him?”
Death Quotes Source: Valentinian (act IV, sc. 4)
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“Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.”
Man Quotes Source: Love's Cure (act II, sc. 2)
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“A soul as white as Heaven.”
Soul Quotes Source: The Maid's Tragedy (act IV, sc. 1)
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“Nose, nose, holly red nose,
And who gave thee that jolly red nose?
Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves;
And they gave me this jolly red nose.”
Drinking Quotes Source: Knight of the Burning Pestle (act I, sc. 4)
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“Of every noble action the intent
Is to give worth reward, vice punishment.”
Action Quotes Source: The Captain (act V, sc. 5)
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“Let's meet and either do or die.”
Action Quotes Source: The Island Princess (act II, sc. 2)
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“Let the world slide.”
World Quotes Source: Wit Without Money (act V, sc. 2)
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“I'll put that in my considering cap.”
Thought Quotes Source: Loyal Subject (act II, sc. 1)
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“To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.”
Truth Quotes Source: Wit at Several Weapons (act II)
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“That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.”
Books Quotes Source: The Elder Brother (act I, sc. 2, l. 177)
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“There's nothing that allays an angry mind
So soon as a sweet beauty.”
Beauty Quotes Source: The Elder Brother (act III, sc. 5)
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“That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.”
Libraries Quotes Source: The Elder Brother (act I, sc. 2, l. 177)
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“What's one man's poison, signior,
Is another's meat or drink.”
Poison Quotes Source: Love's Cure (act III, sc. 2)
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“O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O' the pleurisy of people.”
War Quotes Source: The Two Noble Kinsmen (act V, sc. 1)
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“Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.”
Apparel Quotes Source: Honest Man's Fortune (act V, sc. 3, l. 170)
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“To a woman, the consciousness of being will dressed gives a sense
of tranquility which religion fails to bestow.”
Apparel Quotes Source: Honest Man's Fortune (act V, sc. 3, l. 170)
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“Nothing is thought rare
Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know
That what was worn some twenty years ago
Comes into grace again.”
Fashion Quotes Source: Prologue to the Noble Gentleman (l. 4)
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“'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.”
Tailors Quotes Source: Elder Brother (act V)
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“Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.”
Tailors Quotes Source: Honest Man's Fortune (act V, sc. 3, l. 170)
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“It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.”
Discretion Quotes Source: A King and No King (act IV, sc. 3)
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“Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall presume to prophesy their date,
Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,”
Fate Quotes Source: Rejected Addresses--By Lord Cui Bono
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“Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou hast brought this land to!--”
Fortune Quotes Source: The Tragedy of Bonduca (act V, sc. 5)
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“There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.”
Opportunity Quotes Source: Custom of the Country (act II, sc. 3, l. 85)
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“Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
What an inviting hell invented.”
Women Quotes Source: Comedy of Monsieur Thomas (act III, sc. 1)
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