Christopher Marlowe Quotes
Top 94 wise famous quotes and sayings by Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
And cast with cunning for the time to come;
For evils are apt to happen every day.
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.
To favour you; but 'tis my father's cause,
Wherein I may not, nay, I dare not dally.
Yet should there hover in their restless heads
One thought, one grace, one wonder at the least,
Which into words no virtue can digest.
One thought, one grace, one wonder at the least,
Which into words no virtue can digest.
Virginity, albeit some highly prize it, Compared with marriage, had you tried them both, Differs as much as wine and water doth.
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.
And, when I frown, make all the court look pale.
Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, / Conspired against our God with Lucifer, / And are for ever damned with Lucifer.
Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit,
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,
And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,
And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.
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.
In one self place, for where we are is hell,
And where hell is must we ever be.
As in plain terms (yet cunningly) he crav'd it; / Love always makes those eloquent that have it (II.71-2).
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.
And, had you lov'd him half so well as I,
You could not bear his death thus patiently.
It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all.
BARABAS: Why, I esteem the injury far less,
To take the lives of miserable men
Than be the causers of their misery.
To take the lives of miserable men
Than be the causers of their misery.
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.
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.
FAUSTUS: Bell, book and candle, candle, book and bell,
Forward and backward, to curse Faustus to hell.
Forward and backward, to curse Faustus to hell.
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.
I tell thee, 'tis not so fair as thou
Or any man that breathes on earth.