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Christopher Marlowe quotes: Virtue is the fount whence honor springs. Virtue is the fount whence honor springs.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Thou from this land, I from myself am banish'd. Thou from this land, I from myself am banish'd.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Ah fair Zenocrate, divine Zenocrate, Fair is too foul an epithet for thee. Ah fair Zenocrate, divine Zenocrate, Fair is too foul an epithet for thee.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That ismore knave than fool. Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That is
more knave than fool.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: The sight of London to my exiled eyesIs as Elysium to a new-come soul. The sight of London to my exiled eyes
Is as Elysium to a new-come soul.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: BARABAS: A reaching thought will search his deepest wits,And cast with cunning for the time to come;For evils are apt to happen every day. BARABAS: A reaching thought will search his deepest wits,
And cast with cunning for the time to come;
For evils are apt to happen every day.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns, / Shall with their goat-feet dance an antic hay. My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns, / Shall with their goat-feet dance an antic hay.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: I wish, grave governor, 'twere in my power To favour you; but 'tis my father's cause, Wherein I may not, nay, I dare not dally. I wish, grave governor, 'twere in my power
To favour you; but 'tis my father's cause,
Wherein I may not, nay, I dare not dally.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute,And now and then stab, when occasion serves. You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute,
And now and then stab, when occasion serves.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Bene disserer est finis logices.(The end of logic is to dispute well.) Bene disserer est finis logices.
(The end of logic is to dispute well.)
Christopher Marlowe quotes: The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike
Christopher Marlowe quotes: What feeds me destroys me. What feeds me destroys me.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Virtue is the fount whence honour springs. Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Hell is just a frame of mind. Hell is just a frame of mind.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Yet should there hover in their restless headsOne thought, one grace, one wonder at the least,Which into words no virtue can digest. Yet should there hover in their restless heads
One thought, one grace, one wonder at the least,
Which into words no virtue can digest.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Love is not ful of pittie (as men say)But deaffe and cruell, where he meanes to pray. Love is not ful of pittie (as men say)
But deaffe and cruell, where he meanes to pray.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Love me little, love me long. Love me little, love me long.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: USUMCASANE: To be a king, is half to be a god. USUMCASANE: To be a king, is half to be a god.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: The griefs of private men are soon allayed, But not of kings. The griefs of private men are soon allayed, But not of kings.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel. I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: He that pleasure loves must for pleasure fall He that pleasure loves must for pleasure fall
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Virginity, albeit some highly prize it, Compared with marriage, had you tried them both, Differs as much as wine and water doth. Virginity, albeit some highly prize it, Compared with marriage, had you tried them both, Differs as much as wine and water doth.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day? What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Love always makes those eloquent that have it.---From "Hero and Leander, Sestiad II Love always makes those eloquent that have it.

---From "Hero and Leander, Sestiad II
Christopher Marlowe quotes: If I be cruel and grow tyrannous,Now let them thank themselves, and rue too late. If I be cruel and grow tyrannous,
Now let them thank themselves, and rue too late.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Strike up the drum and march courageously. Strike up the drum and march courageously.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: All live to die, and rise to fall. All live to die, and rise to fall.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Accursed be he that first invented war. Accursed be he that first invented war.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell. You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Was this the face that launched a thousand ships/And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Was this the face that launched a thousand ships/And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Things that are not at all, are never lost. Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars. O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: But what are kings, when regiment is gone,But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?- Edward II, 5.1 But what are kings, when regiment is gone,
But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
- Edward II, 5.1
Christopher Marlowe quotes: We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it. We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Time doth run with calm and silent foot,Shortening my days and thread of vital life. Time doth run with calm and silent foot,
Shortening my days and thread of vital life.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: YOUNGER MORTIMER: Fear'd am I more than lov'd; - let me be fear'd,And, when I frown, make all the court look pale. YOUNGER MORTIMER: Fear'd am I more than lov'd; - let me be fear'd,
And, when I frown, make all the court look pale.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: More childish valorous than manly wise. More childish valorous than manly wise.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits. Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position. While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistopheles! Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistopheles!
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, / Conspired against our God with Lucifer, / And are for ever damned with Lucifer. Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, / Conspired against our God with Lucifer, / And are for ever damned with Lucifer.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: BALDOCK: To die, sweet Spenser, therefore live we all;Spenser, all live to die, and rise to fall. BALDOCK: To die, sweet Spenser, therefore live we all;
Spenser, all live to die, and rise to fall.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit,His waxen wings did mount above his reach,And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow. Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit,
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,
And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend. Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position. Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die? What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is must we ever be. Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed
In one self place, for where we are is hell,
And where hell is must we ever be.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: As in plain terms (yet cunningly) he crav'd it; / Love always makes those eloquent that have it (II.71-2). As in plain terms (yet cunningly) he crav'd it; / Love always makes those eloquent that have it (II.71-2).
Christopher Marlowe quotes: That holy shape becomes a devil best. That holy shape becomes a devil best.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: All women are ambitious naturallie All women are ambitious naturallie
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Our swords shall play the orators for us. Our swords shall play the orators for us.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Hell and confusion light upon their heads. Hell and confusion light upon their heads.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: BARABAS: For religionHides many mischiefs from suspicion. BARABAS: For religion
Hides many mischiefs from suspicion.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Love deeply grounded, hardly is dissembled. Love deeply grounded, hardly is dissembled.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Live and die in Aristotle's works. Live and die in Aristotle's works.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Lone women, like to empty houses, perish. Lone women, like to empty houses, perish.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: O soul, be changed into little waterdrops, / And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found! O soul, be changed into little waterdrops, / And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found!
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Why should you love him whom the world hates so?Because he love me more than all the world. Why should you love him whom the world hates so?
Because he love me more than all the world.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Forbid me not to weep; he was my father;And, had you lov'd him half so well as I,You could not bear his death thus patiently. Forbid me not to weep; he was my father;
And, had you lov'd him half so well as I,
You could not bear his death thus patiently.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Goodness is beauty in the best estate. Goodness is beauty in the best estate.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Accurst be he that first invented war. Accurst be he that first invented war.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall. He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Hell strives with grace for conquest in my breast.What shall I do to shun the snares of death? Hell strives with grace for conquest in my breast.
What shall I do to shun the snares of death?
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Above our life we love a steadfast friend. Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all. It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Where both deliberate, the love is slight; Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight? Where both deliberate, the love is slight; Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?
Christopher Marlowe quotes: What nourishes me, destroys me What nourishes me, destroys me
Christopher Marlowe quotes: BARABAS: Why, I esteem the injury far less,To take the lives of miserable menThan be the causers of their misery. BARABAS: Why, I esteem the injury far less,
To take the lives of miserable men
Than be the causers of their misery.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: KING EDWARD: But what is he whom rule and emperyHave not in life or death made miserable? KING EDWARD: But what is he whom rule and empery
Have not in life or death made miserable?
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead. Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do. Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Confess and be hanged. Confess and be hanged.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Make me immortal with a kiss. Make me immortal with a kiss.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Who hateth me but for my happiness? Or who is honored now but for his wealth? Rather had I, a Jew, be hated thus, Than pitied in a Christian poverty. Who hateth me but for my happiness? Or who is honored now but for his wealth? Rather had I, a Jew, be hated thus, Than pitied in a Christian poverty.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Religion! O Diabole! Fie, I am asham'd, however that I seem, To think a word of such simple sound, Of such great matter should be made the ground. Religion! O Diabole! Fie, I am asham'd, however that I seem, To think a word of such simple sound, Of such great matter should be made the ground.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell. Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Who ever loved that loved not at first sight? Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
Christopher Marlowe quotes: He must have a long spoon that eats with the devil. He must have a long spoon that eats with the devil.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Look, look, master, here comes two religious caterpillars. Look, look, master, here comes two religious caterpillars.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: MACHEVILL: I count religion but a childish toy,And hold there is no sin but ignorance. MACHEVILL: I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: TAMBURLAINE: Live still, my love, and so conserve my life,Or, dying, be the author of my death. TAMBURLAINE: Live still, my love, and so conserve my life,
Or, dying, be the author of my death.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: FAUSTUS: Bell, book and candle, candle, book and bell,Forward and backward, to curse Faustus to hell. FAUSTUS: Bell, book and candle, candle, book and bell,
Forward and backward, to curse Faustus to hell.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent. Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Goodness is beauty in its best mistake Goodness is beauty in its best mistake
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Think'st thou heaven is such a glorious thing?I tell thee, 'tis not so fair as thouOr any man that breathes on earth. Think'st thou heaven is such a glorious thing?
I tell thee, 'tis not so fair as thou
Or any man that breathes on earth.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial. All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Blood is the god of war's rich livery. Blood is the god of war's rich livery.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: Love is a golden bubble full of dreams,That waking breaks, and fills us with extremes.---From "Hero and Leander, Sestiad III Love is a golden bubble full of dreams,
That waking breaks, and fills us with extremes.

---From "Hero and Leander, Sestiad III
Christopher Marlowe quotes: And 'tis a pretty toy to be a poet. And 'tis a pretty toy to be a poet.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: I am Envy ... I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. I am Envy ... I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: All places shall be hell that are not heaven. All places shall be hell that are not heaven.
Christopher Marlowe quotes: There is no sin but ignorance. There is no sin but ignorance.

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