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Quotes from The Jew of Malta — Christopher Marlowe

1564–1593 England

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11 quotes

Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is, more knave than fool.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

Now I will show myself
To have more of the serpent than the dove;
That is—more knave than fool.

The Jew of Malta (1592)

Things past recovery
Are hardly cured with exclamations.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

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)

Religion
Hides many mischiefs from suspicion.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

So, march away; and let due praise be given
Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

Infinite riches in a little room.

The Jew of Malta (1592)

Thou hast committed—
Fornication: but that was in another country;
And besides, the wench is dead.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

Love me little, love me long.

The Jew of Malta (1589)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christopher Marlowe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.