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John Webster quotes: Through darkness diamonds spread their richest light. Through darkness diamonds spread their richest light.
John Webster quotes: That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects. That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.
John Webster quotes: Life isn't our possession, something we own. We're alive as we receive life from God, as the gift of his grace and mercy. Life isn't our possession, something we own. We're alive as we receive life from God, as the gift of his grace and mercy.
John Webster quotes: Poor maids have more lovers than husbands. Poor maids have more lovers than husbands.
John Webster quotes: Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither. Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.
John Webster quotes: Ha, ha, ha, thou entanglest thyself in thine own work like a silkworm. Ha, ha, ha, thou entanglest thyself in thine own work like a silkworm.
John Webster quotes: O me, this place is hell. O me, this place is hell.
John Webster quotes: O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions. O that I were a man, or that I had power

To execute my apprehended wishes!

I would whip some with scorpions.
John Webster quotes: Lust carries her sharp whip At her own girdle. Lust carries her sharp whip At her own girdle.
John Webster quotes: Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue. Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
John Webster quotes: You know what whore is. Next the devil adultery,Enters the devil murder. You know what whore is. Next the devil adultery,
Enters the devil murder.
John Webster quotes: What's a whore? She's like the guilty counterfeited coin Which whosoe're first stamps it brings in trouble all that receive it. What's a whore? She's like the guilty counterfeited coin Which whosoe're first stamps it brings in trouble all that receive it.
John Webster quotes: We endure the strokes like anvils or hard steel,Till pain itself make us no pain to feel. We endure the strokes like anvils or hard steel,
Till pain itself make us no pain to feel.
John Webster quotes: Pull and pull strongly for your able strength / Must pull down heaven upon me Pull and pull strongly for your able strength / Must pull down heaven upon me
John Webster quotes: Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
John Webster quotes: I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her. I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her.
John Webster quotes: Lovers die inward that their flames conceal. Lovers die inward that their flames conceal.
John Webster quotes: I account this world a tedious theater,For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will. I account this world a tedious theater,
For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will.
John Webster quotes: How tedious is a guilty conscience! How tedious is a guilty conscience!
John Webster quotes: Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other. Princes give rewards with their own hands,
But death or punishment by the hands of other.
John Webster quotes: Take it for words. O woman's poor revenge,Which dwells but in the tongue! Take it for words. O woman's poor revenge,
Which dwells but in the tongue!
John Webster quotes: The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action ... the soul was never put into the body to stand still. The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action ... the soul was never put into the body to stand still.
John Webster quotes: Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment. Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.
John Webster quotes: Sometimes the Devil doth preach. Sometimes the Devil doth preach.
John Webster quotes: We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.
John Webster quotes: Heaven-gates are not so highly arched As princes' palaces; they that enter there Must go upon their knees. Heaven-gates are not so highly arched
As princes' palaces; they that enter there
Must go upon their knees.
John Webster quotes: Let guilty men remember, their black deedsDo lean on crutches made of slender reeds. Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.
John Webster quotes: Fortune's a right whore:If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels,That she may take away all at one swoop. Fortune's a right whore:
If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels,
That she may take away all at one swoop.
John Webster quotes: When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons. When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.
John Webster quotes: The weakest arm is strong enough that strikes with the sword of justice. The weakest arm is strong enough that strikes with the sword of justice.
John Webster quotes: When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty ... When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty ...
John Webster quotes: Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lustLike diamonds we are cut with our own dust Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust
Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust
John Webster quotes: Physicians are like kings- They brook no contradiction. Physicians are like kings- They brook no contradiction.
John Webster quotes: For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
John Webster quotes: Love mixed with fear is sweetness. Love mixed with fear is sweetness.
John Webster quotes: Oft gay and honoured robes those tortures try: We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry. Oft gay and honoured robes those tortures try:
We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.
John Webster quotes: All things do help the unhappy man to fall. All things do help the unhappy man to fall.
John Webster quotes: Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness. Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.
John Webster quotes: See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast. See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast.
John Webster quotes: Are you out of your princely wits?What's he? Let me have his beard sawed off and his eyebrows filed more civil! Are you out of your princely wits?
What's he? Let me have his beard sawed off and his eyebrows filed more civil!
John Webster quotes: I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.
John Webster quotes: Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind. Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.
John Webster quotes: That realm is never long in quiet, where the ruler is a soldier. That realm is never long in quiet, where the ruler is a soldier.
John Webster quotes: Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing. Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.
John Webster quotes: Imyself haveheard averygood jest, and havescornedto seem to have so sillya wit as to understand it. Imyself haveheard averygood jest, and havescornedto seem to have so sillya wit as to understand it.
John Webster quotes: A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard. A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.
John Webster quotes: In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air. In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
John Webster quotes: The misery of us, that are born great, We are forced to woo because none dare woo us. The misery of us, that are born great, We are forced to woo because none dare woo us.
John Webster quotes: Woman to man Is either a God or a wolfe. Woman to man Is either a God or a wolfe.
John Webster quotes: When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire. When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.
John Webster quotes: As in this world there are degrees of evils, So in this world there are degrees of devils. As in this world there are degrees of evils,
So in this world there are degrees of devils.
John Webster quotes: Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young. Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young.
John Webster quotes: Knowledge Is Power! Train smart and obtain power! Knowledge Is Power! Train smart and obtain power!
John Webster quotes: Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
John Webster quotes: See, the curse of children! In life they keep us frequently in tears, And in the cold grave leave us in pale fears. See, the curse of children! In life they keep us frequently in tears, And in the cold grave leave us in pale fears.
John Webster quotes: If all my royal kindred Lay in my way unto this marriage,I'ld make them my low foot-steps If all my royal kindred
Lay in my way unto this marriage,
I'ld make them my low foot-steps
John Webster quotes: I am Duchess of Malfi still. I am Duchess of Malfi still.
John Webster quotes: All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through. All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through.
John Webster quotes: The soul was never put in the body to stand still. The soul was never put in the body to stand still.
John Webster quotes: What! because we are poor Shall we be vicious? What! because we are poor Shall we be vicious?
John Webster quotes: Black-birds fatten best in hard weather Black-birds fatten best in hard weather
John Webster quotes: Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise. Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
John Webster quotes: DUCHESS: Diamonds are of most value,They say, that have past through most jewellers' hands.FERDINAND: Whores, by that rule, are precious. DUCHESS: Diamonds are of most value,
They say, that have past through most jewellers' hands.
FERDINAND: Whores, by that rule, are precious.
John Webster quotes: Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But looked to near, have neither heat nor light. Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.
John Webster quotes: Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched. Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.
John Webster quotes: Integrity of life is fame's best friend,Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end. Integrity of life is fame's best friend,
Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.
John Webster quotes: What a strange creature is a laughing fool,As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth. What a strange creature is a laughing fool,
As if a man were created to no use
But only to show his teeth.
John Webster quotes: Were there no heaven nor hell I should be honest. Were there no heaven nor hell I should be honest.
John Webster quotes: Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin. Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.
John Webster quotes: 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
John Webster quotes: And great men do great good, or else great harm. And great men do great good, or else great harm.

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