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).
I hate all that don’t love me, and slight all that do.
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.
Crimes, like Virtues, are their own Rewards.
There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
Poetry’s a mere drug, Sir.
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
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.
Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.
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