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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
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Christopher Marlowe
Age: 29 †
Born: 1564
Born: February 23
Died: 1593
Died: May 30
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Make me immortal with a kiss.
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You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.
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That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
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... when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that are not heaven.
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I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel.
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Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the doveThat is--more knave than fool.
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Confess and be hanged.
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All live to die, and rise to fall.
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