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"Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man Commands all light, all influence, all fate. Nothing to him falls early, or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still."
Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune."
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"All things that are Made for our general uses are at war,-- Even we among ourselves."
Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune."
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Man is his own star; and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man."
Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune."
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"Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that 's gone; Violets plucked, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again."
The Queen of Corinth. Act iii. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!"
Monsieur Thomas. Act iii. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Let us do or die."
The Island Princess. Act ii. Sc. 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Hit the nail on the head."
Love's Cure. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I find the medicine worse than the malady."
Love's Cure. Act iii. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He went away with a flea in 's ear."
Love's Cure. Act iii. Sc. 3.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"There 's naught in this life sweet, If man were wise to see 't, But only melancholy; O sweetest Melancholy!"
The Nice Valour. Act iii. Sc. 3.
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"Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves."
The Nice Valour. Act iii. Sc. 3.
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"Drink to-day, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do 't to-morrow."
The Bloody Brother. Act ii. Sc. 2.
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"And he that will to bed go sober Falls with the leaf still in October."
The Bloody Brother. Act ii. Sc. 2.
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"Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallows-tree."
The Bloody Brother. Act iii. Sc. 2.
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"Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow Which thy frozen bosom bears, On whose tops the pinks that grow Are of those that April wears! But first set my poor heart free, Bound in those icy chains by thee."
The Bloody Brother. Act v. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Something given that way."
The Lover's Progress. Act i. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Deeds, not words."
The Lover's Progress. Act iii. Sc. 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain."
On Mr. John Fletcher's Works.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain