Elijah Fenton quotes
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“Wedded love is founded on esteem.”
-- Elijah FentonSource : John Banks, Elijah Fenton, Colley Cibber, Edward I Young (1777). “The Albion Queens, Or the Death of Mary Queen of Scots, a Tragedy”
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“Beware of flattery, 'tis a weed Which oft offends the very idol--vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.”
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“O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace, Her real goods; and only mocks the great, With empty pageantries!”
-- Elijah FentonSource : Edmund Smith, Mr. John Dryden, Mr. Elijah Fenton, Richard Steele (1750). “A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. VI.”, p.61
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“Those elegant delights of jig and vaulting.”
-- Elijah FentonSource : William Congreve, Elijah Fenton (1779). “The Works of the English Poets”, p.333
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“Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.”
-- Elijah FentonSource : "Mariamne: A Tragedy" by Elijah Fenton, (Act IV, Scene V, p. 46), 1723.
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“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”
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“A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”
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Source : Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ruth L. C. Simms (2003). “The invention of Morel”, New York Review of Books
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“Until you value yourself, you can't expect anyone else to do so.”
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