Sir John Davies Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

6 Famous Quotes by Sir John Davies
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“Deeds are males, words females are.”
Deeds Quotes
Source: Scene of Folly (p. 147)
“There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refuse it: And he that brought it would not use it, And he that hath it doth now know Whether he hath it yea or no.”
Undertakers Quotes
Source: Riddle upon a Coffin
“Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide: If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side.”
Spiders Quotes
Source: The Immortality of the Soul (sec. XVIII, Feeling)
“For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?”
Pen Quotes
Source: Bien Venu
“Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.”
Zeal Quotes
“Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes