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Knowledge Is Power! Train smart and obtain power!
John Webster
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John Webster
Age: 56 †
Born: 1578
Born: January 1
Died: 1634
Died: January 1
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In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
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Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
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DUCHESS: Diamonds are of most value, They say, that have past through most jewellers' hands. FERDINAND: Whores, by that rule, are precious.
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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.
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Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.
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Cowardly dogs bark loudest.
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Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.
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Were there no heaven nor hell I should be honest.
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I account this world a tedious theater, For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will.
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Imyself haveheard averygood jest, and havescornedto seem to have so sillya wit as to understand it.
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Heaven fashioned us of nothing and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.
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Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.
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Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
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Woman to man Is either a God or a wolfe.
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When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty.
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I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her.
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I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.
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Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
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See, the curse of children! In life they keep us frequently in tears, And in the cold grave leave us in pale fears.
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I am Duchess of Malfi still.
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