| 43 Famous Quotes by George Chapman
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“Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
Is righted even when men grant they err.”
Virtue Quotes Source: Monsieur D'Olive (act I, sc. 1, l. 127)
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“Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men and women),
Be worse provided than a common archer?”
Prudence Quotes Source: Bussy d'Ambois (act II, sc. 1)
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“Make ducks and drakes with shillings.”
Money Quotes Source: Eastward Ho! (act I, sc. 1)
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“As night the life-inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.”
Obscurity Quotes Source: Hymns and Epigrams of Homer--The Translator's Epilogue (l. 74)
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“Enough is as good as a feast.”
Hunger Quotes Source: Eastward Ho! (act III, sc. 2), written by Chapman, Jonson, Marston
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“Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed
over the face of the whole earth. But as for them, there are no
greater friends to Englishmen and England, when they are out
on't, in the world, than they are. And for my own part, I would
a hundred thousand of them were there [Virginia] for we are all
one countrymen now, ye know, and we should find ten times more
comfort of them there than we do here.”
Scotland Quotes Source: Eastward Ho! (act III, sc. 2)
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“Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.”
Pride Quotes Source: Eastward Ho!
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“Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.”
Pride Quotes Source: Eastward Ho!
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“Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.”
Advice Quotes Source: The Gentleman Usher (act IV, sc. 1)
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“'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.”
Immortality Quotes Source: Byron's Conspiracy (act I, sc. 1, l. 254)
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“And as great seamen, using all their wealth
And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,
In tall ships richly built and ribbed with brass,
To put a girdle round about the world.”
Navigation Quotes Source: Bussy d'Ambois (act I, sc. I, l. 20)
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“I pray, what flowers are these?
The pansy this,
O, that's for lover's thoughts.”
Pansies Quotes Source: All Fools (act II, sc. 1, l. 248)
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“For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.”
Passion Quotes Source: Monsieur D'Olive (act V, sc. 1, l. 8)
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“They're only truly great who are truly good.”
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“Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes |
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“Promise is most given when the least is said.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes |
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“Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.”
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“Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.”
Flattery Quotes |
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