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Things past recovery
Are hardly cured with exclamations.
The Jew of Malta (1589)
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Che serà, serà:
What will be, shall be.
Doctor Faustus (1603)
And thus methinks should men of judgment frame
Their means of traffic from the vulgar trade,
And, as their wealth increaseth, so inclose
Infinite riches in a little room.
The Jew of Malta (1589)
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!
Doctor Faustus (1603)
Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?
Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
Hero and Leander (1598)
Accurst be he that first invented war.
Tamburlaine (1588)
And let these tears, distilling from mine eyes,
Be proof of my grief and innocency.
Edward II (1592)
A pleasant-smiling cheek, a speaking eye,
A brow for love to banquet royally.
Hero and Leander (1598)
Religion
Hides many mischiefs from suspicion.
The Jew of Malta (1589)
What should a priest do with so fair a house?
A prison may best beseem his holiness.
Edward II (1592)
I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance.
The Jew of Malta (1589)
Villain, art thou the son of Tamburlaine,
And fear’st to die, or with a curtle-axe
To hew thy flesh, and make a gaping wound?
So, march away; and let due praise be given
Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.
The Jew of Malta (1589)
What strange arts necessity finds out.
Dido (1586)
Infinite riches in a little room.
The Jew of Malta (1592)
Like untuned golden strings all women are,
Which long time lie untouch'd, will harshly jar.
Vessels of brass, oft handled, brightly shine.
Hero and Leander (1598)
All women are ambitious naturally.
Hero and Leander (1598)
At Sestos, Hero dwelt; Hero the faire,
Whom young Apollo courted for her haire,
And offred as a dower his burning throne,
Where she should sit for men to gaze upon.