George Etherege quotes

“Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.”
-- George Etherege

Source : 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 1, sc.1.

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“When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.”
-- George Etherege

Source : 'The Man of Mode' (1676) act 2, sc. 2

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“Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.”
-- George Etherege

Source : 'The Man of Mode' (1676) act 4, sc. 1

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“We are not masters of our own affections; our inclinations dailyalter: now we love pleasure, and anon we shall dote on business. Human frailty will have it so, and who can help it?”
-- George Etherege

Source : 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 2, sc.2.

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“I must confess I am a fop in my heart; ill customs influence my very senses, and I have been so used to affectation that without the help of the air of the court what is natural cannot touch me.”
-- George Etherege

Source : 1688 Letter to Mr Poley, 12 Jan.

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“Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book One: Elements of the Real in Man”, p.7, Shambhala Publications

“Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.”

Source : "The Real Problem With Waiting for 'Superman'" by Aaron Swartz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2010.

“The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2005.

“Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears. Leave your children in the woods. Leave the substance for the shadow. Leave your easy life, leave what you are given for the future. Set off on the roads.”

“Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.”

“I regard England as my wife and America as my mistress.”

“If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original. ... I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. ... I don't need time, I need a deadline. ...There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind. ... Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.”

“The next time you get scared, get sacred!”

“I had two thoughts about it. One was I could do that, and the next one was I'll never get to do that.”

“We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.”