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Quotes from The Broken Heart — John Ford

b. 1586 England

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Tempt not the stars, young man, thou canst not play
With the severity of fate.

The Broken Heart (1625)

I am, gay creature,
With pardon of your deities, a mushroom
On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

The Broken Heart (1625)

Green indiscretion, flattery of greatness,
Rawness of judgement, wilfulness in folly,
Thoughts vagrant as the wind, and as uncertain.

The Broken Heart (1625)

Glories
Of human greatness are but pleasing dreams,
And shadows soon decaying.

The Broken Heart (1625)

Love is dead; let lovers' eyes
Locked in endless dreams
Th' extreme of all extremes
Ope no more, for now Love dies.

The Broken Heart (1625)

He hath shook hands with time.

The Broken Heart (1625)

The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth,
Life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet,
Sinews of concord, earthly immortality,
Eternity of pleasures; no restoratives
Like to a constant woman!

The Broken Heart (1625)

There's not a hair
Sticks on my head but, like a leaden plummet,
It sinks me to the grave: I must creep thither;
The journey is not long.

The Broken Heart (1625)

Attribution

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