John Webster
Quotes by John Webster
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O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.
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Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other.
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What a strange creature is a laughing fool,As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.
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Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lustLike diamonds we are cut with our own dust
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Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lustLike diamonds we are cut with our own dust
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O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.
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Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other.
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What a strange creature is a laughing fool,As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.
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Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
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We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.
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When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.
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Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
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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.
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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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Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.
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Physicians are like kings- They brook no contradiction.
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Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
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Fortune's a right whore: If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, That she may take away all at one swoop.
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We are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and banded, which way pleases.
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I saw him even now going the way of all flesh, that is to say towards the kitchen.
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