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Quotes from Hero and Leander — George Chapman

d. 1634 England

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Love calls to war;
Sighs his alarms,
Lips his swords are,
The field his arms.

Hero and Leander (1600)

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

Hero and Leander (1600)

Women are most won, when men merit least.

Hero and Leander (1600)

Love's special lesson is to please the eye.

Hero and Leander (1600)

Love is a golden bubble, full of dreams,
That waking breaks, and fills us with extremes.

Hero and Leander (1600)

Ill may a sad mind forge a merry face,
Nor hath constrainèd laughter any grace.

Hero and Leander (1600)

News as wholesome as the morning air.

Hero and Leander (1600)

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