George Farquhar quotes
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“Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.”
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“Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. The spring of all brave acts is seated here, As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.”
-- George FarquharSource : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.485
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“Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there Seduced me first to me a wicked player.”
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“Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.”
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“Since a woman must wear chains, IÂ would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little.”
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“I hate all that don't love me, and slight all that do.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Constant Couple' (1699) act 1, sc. 2
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“Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.”
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“Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 1, sc. 1
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“No woman can be a beauty without a fortune.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 2, sc. 2
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“'Tis a strange thing, Sam, that among us people can't agree the whole week, because they go different ways upon Sundays.”
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“A good husband makes a good wife at any time.”
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“The shortest pleasures are the sweetest.”
-- George FarquharSource : George Farquhar (1760). “The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies, Publish'd in His Life-time. In Two Volumes”
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“Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets.”
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“Do you think a woman's silence can be natural?”
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“Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant.”
-- George FarquharSource : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.628
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“Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman.”
-- George FarquharSource : George Farquhar (1759). “The Constant Couple, Or, a Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal at Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants”, p.65
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“Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.”
-- George FarquharSource : Joseph Addison, Mr. John Dryden, Richard Steele, William Shakespeare, Colley Cibber (1750). “A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. V.”, p.21
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“It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another.”
-- George FarquharSource : George Farquhar, Arthur Murphy, George sen Colman, David Garrick (1817). “Comedy of the Beaux Stratagem with the Biography of the Author and a Critique by Richard Cumberland”, p.64
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“Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so very fast that I'm sure it must be good.”
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“Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.”
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“We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.”
-- George FarquharSource : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.643
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“'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 3, sc. 2
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“Poetry's a mere drug, Sir.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'Love and a Bottle' (1698) act 3, sc. 2.
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“Those who know the least obey the best.”
-- George FarquharSource : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1796). “British Theatre: Sir Harry Wildair”
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“There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 1, sc. 1
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“Money is the sinews of love, as of war.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'Love and a Bottle' (1698) act 2, sc. 1.
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“I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.”
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“How a little love and good company improves a woman.”
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“Necessity, the mother of invention.”
-- George FarquharSource : "The Twin Rivals". Book by George Farquhar, 1702.
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“Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Inconstant' (1702) act 4, sc. 2
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“Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Constant Couple' (1699) act 5, sc. 3.
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“Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.”
-- George FarquharSource : George Farquhar, George Daniel (1828*). “The Beaux' Stratagem: A Comedy in Five Acts”, p.20
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“I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.”
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“Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks / Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks / The founder's you; the table is this place / The carvers we; the prologue is the grace / Each act a course, each scene, a different dish.”
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“When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.”
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“Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.”
-- George FarquharSource : 'The Constant Couple' (1699) act 5, sc. 3
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