John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| George Chapman. (1559?–1634) (continued) |
| 321 |
| Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. 1 |
| All Fools. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 322 |
| Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err. |
| Monsieur D’Olive. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 323 |
| For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still. 2 |
| Monsieur D’Olive. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 324 |
| Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman’s counsel; her wing’d spirit Is feather’d oftentimes with heavenly words. |
| The Gentleman Usher. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
| 325 |
| To put a girdle round about the world. 3 |
| Bussy D’Ambois. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 326 |
| His deeds inimitable, like the sea That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts Nor prints of precedent for poor men’s facts. |
| Bussy D’Ambois. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 327 |
| So our lives In acts exemplary, not only win Ourselves good names, but doth to others give Matter for virtuous deeds, by which we live. 4 |
| Bussy D’Ambois. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 328 |
| Who to himself is law no law doth need, Offends no law, and is a king indeed. |
| Bussy D’Ambois. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 329 |
| Each natural agent works but to this end,— To render that it works on like itself. |
| Bussy D’Ambois. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Quoted by Camden as a saying of one Dr. Metcalf. It is now in many peoples’ mouths, and likely to pass into a proverb.—Ray: Proverbs (Bohn ed.) p. 145. [back] |
| Note 2. One fire burns out another’s burning, One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, act i. sc. 2. [back] |
| Note 3. I ’ll put a girdle round about the earth.—William Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream, act ii. sc. 1. [back] |
| Note 4. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime. Henry W. Longfellow: A Psalm of Life. [back] |