Quotes
Quotes - Beaumont
What things have we seen
Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been
So nimble and so full of subtile flame
As if that every one from whence they came
Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,
And resolved to live a fool the rest
Of his dull life.
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest royalest seed.
'Twas he Gave heat unto the injury, which returned Like a petard ill lighted, unto the bosom Of himn gave fire to it.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
You are no better than you should be.
Why slander we the times? What crimes Have days and years, that we Thus charge them with iniquity? If we would rightly scan, It's not the times are bad, but man.
