| 6 Famous Quotes by John Webster
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“All his reverend wit
Lies in his wardrobe.”
Tailors Quotes Source: White Devil (act II, sc 1)
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“Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear;
As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.”
Prosperity Quotes Source: White Devil (act V, sc. 6)
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“Gold that buys health can never be ill spent,
Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.”
Health Quotes Source: Westward Ho (act V, sc. 3, l. 345)
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“Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.”
Guilt Quotes Source: The White Devil; or, Vittoria Corombona (act V, sc. 6)
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“Call for the robin-red-breast, and the wren,
Since o'er shady groves they hover,
And with leaves and flowers do cover
The friendless bodies of unburied men.”
Robins Quotes Source: The White Devil, or Vittoria Corombona--A Dirge
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“I do love these ancient ruins.
We never tread upon them but we set
Our foot upon some reverend history.”
Ruin Quotes Source: The Duchess of Malfi (act V, sc. 3)
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John Webster Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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