John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Beaumont and Fletcher. |
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| All your better deeds Shall be in water writ, but this in marble. 1 |
| Philaster. Act v. Sc. 3. |
| 2221 |
| Upon my burned body lie lightly, gentle earth. |
| The Maid’s Tragedy. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 2222 |
| A soul as white as heaven. |
| The Maid’s Tragedy. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
| 2223 |
| But they that are above Have ends in everything. 2 |
| The Maid’s Tragedy. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 2224 |
| It shew’d discretion, the best part of valour. 3 |
| A King and No King. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 2225 |
| There is a method in man’s wickedness,— It grows up by degrees. 4 |
| A King and No King. Act v. Sc. 4. |
| 2226 |
| As cold as cucumbers. |
| Cupid’s Revenge. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 2227 |
| Calamity is man’s true touchstone. 5 |
| Four Plays in One: The Triumph of Honour. Sc. 1. |
| 2228 |
| Kiss till the cow comes home. |
| Scornful Lady. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 2229 |
| It would talk,— Lord! how it talked! 6 |
| Scornful Lady. Act v. Sc. 1. |
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| Beggars must be no choosers. 7 |
| Scornful Lady. Act v. Sc. 3. |
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| No better than you should be. 8 |
| The Coxcomb. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| Note 1. See Shakespeare, King Henry VIII, Quotation 27. [back] |
| Note 2. See Shakespeare, Hamlet, Quotation 221. [back] |
| Note 3. See Shakespeare, King Henry IV. Part I, Quotation 71. [back] |
| Note 4. Nemo repente fuit turpissimus (No man ever became extremely wicked all at once).—Juvenal: ii. 83. Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degrés (As virtue has its degrees, so has vice).—Racine: Phédre, act iv. sc. 2. [back] |
| Note 5. Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros (Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men).—Seneca: De Providentia, v. 9. [back] |
| Note 6. Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!—LEE: Alexander the Great, act i. sc. 3. [back] |
| Note 7. See Heywood, Quotation 59. [back] |
| Note 8. She is no better than she should be.—Henry Fielding: The Temple Beau, act iv. sc. 3. [back] |