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Quotes from All Fools — George Chapman

d. 1634 England

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Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

All Fools (1605)

I tell thee Love is Nature's second sun,
Causing a spring of virtues where he shines.

All Fools (1605)

Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair
In that she never studied to be fairer
Than Nature made her; beauty cost her nothing,
Her virtues were so rare.

All Fools (1605)

How blinde is pride! what eagles we are still
In matters that belong to other men,
What beetles in our own!

All Fools (1605)

Marriage is ever made by destiny.

All Fools (1605)

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects;
Extreme heat mortifies like extreme cold:
Extreme love breeds satiety as well
As extreme hatred; and too violent rigour
Tempts chastity as much as too much licence.

All Fools (1605)

Fortune, the great commandress of the world,
Hath divers ways to advance her followers:
To some she gives honour without deserving,
To other some, deserving without honour;
Some wit, some wealth,—and some, wit without wealth;
Some wealth without wit; some nor wit nor wealth.

All Fools (1605)

Cornelia: What flowers are these?
Gazetta: The pansy this.
Cornelia: Oh, that's for lover's thoughts.

All Fools (1605)

Attribution

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