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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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George Chapman. (1559?–1634) (continued)
 
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      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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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]