John Webster Quotes
In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
John Webster
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Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
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Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end.
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Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers are soundest.
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Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.
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Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
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A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.
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Call for the robin redbreast and the wren,Since o'er shady groves they hover,And with leaves and flowers do coverThe friendless bodies of unburied men.
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Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
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Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle: she died young.
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'T is just like a summer bird-cage in a garden,-the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out.
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Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
John Webster
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In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
John Webster
