Thomas Southerne quotes
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“When guilt is in its blush of infancy, it trembles in a tenderness of shame; and the first eye that pierces through the veil that hides the secret brings it to the face”
-- Thomas SoutherneSource : Thomas Southerne (1774). “The fate of Capua. The Spartan dame. Money the mistress. A letter from the Earl of Orrey to Thomas Southerne”, p.144
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“An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.”
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“Distress is virtue's opportunity: we only live to teach us how to die.”
-- Thomas SoutherneSource : Thomas Southerne (1713). “The maid's last prayer: or, Any, rather than fail. The fatal marriage: or, The innocent adultery. Oroonoko. The fate of Capua. [Taken from general t-p; some variations on special t-ps, e.g. Sir Antony Love”, p.295
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“There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause.”
-- Thomas SoutherneSource : Thomas Southerne (1713). “The maid's last prayer: or, Any, rather than fail. The fatal marriage: or, The innocent adultery. Oroonoko. The fate of Capua. [Taken from general t-p; some variations on special t-ps, e.g. Sir Antony Love”, p.301
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“The reconciling grave swallows distinction first, that made us foes; there all lie down in peace together.”
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“Lying's a certain mark of cowardice.”
-- Thomas SoutherneSource : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1792). “British Theatre: Isabella, or, The fatal marriage”, p.104
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“Words may be counterfeit, false coined, and current only from the tongue, without the mind; but passion is in the soul, and always speaks the heart.”
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“Pity is akin to love.”
-- Thomas SoutherneSource : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1792). “British Theatre: Isabella, or, The fatal marriage”
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“Pity's akin to love; and every thought Of that soft kind is welcome to my soul.”
-- Thomas SoutherneSource : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1792). “British Theatre: Isabella, or, The fatal marriage”
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“Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.”
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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“We all want to be guilty, because guilt is power.”
Source : Alison Lurie (2012). “Love and Friendship: A Novel”, p.440, Open Road Media
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