United Kingdom, Dramatist 1677 – April, 29, 1707.
George Farquhar (1677– 29 April 1707) was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707).
Those who know the least, obey the best.
Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.
’T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad.
I hate all that don’t love me, and slight all that do.
There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.
Poetry’s a mere drug, Sir.
Crimes, like Virtues, are their own Rewards.
Cos. Pray now, what may be that same bed of honour?Kite. Oh, a mighty large bed! bigger by half than the great bed at Ware: ten thousand people may lie in it together, and never feel one another.
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
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