There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
George Farquhar Quotes
d. 1707 Ireland
George Farquhar (1678 – April 29, 1707) was an Irish dramatist.
- Ireland
- Playwrights
18 quotes
There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
I see you have a singing face — a heavy, dull, sonata face.
Charming women can true converts make,
We love the precepts for the teacher’s sake.
The Constant Couple (1699)
’T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad.
The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707)
I hate all that don’t love me, and slight all that do.
The Constant Couple (1699)
Necessity, the mother of invention.
The Twin Rivals (1702)
Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.
The Recruiting Officer (1706)
Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave,
And only cowards dare affront a woman.
The Constant Couple (1699)
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707)
Vivitur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to be a wicked player.
Crimes, like Virtues, are their own Rewards.
The Inconstant (1702)
[T]hose who know the least, obey the best.
The Recruiting Officer (1706)
The Recruiting Officer (1706)
Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.
The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707)
Love and a Bottle (1698)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Farquhar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.