Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. . . . 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
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I myself have loved a lady and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation, whom some three or four gallants that have enjoyed would with all their hearts have been glad to have been rid of. Tis just like a summer birdcage in a garden the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out.John Webster
I am Duchess of Malfi still.
John Webster
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
In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
John Webster
Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
John Webster
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