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Quotes from History of the Civil War — Samuel Daniel

1562–1619 England

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The stars that have most glory have no rest.

History of the Civil War (1595)

The thing possessed is not the thing it seems.

History of the Civil War (1595)

When better choices are not to be had,
We needs must take the seeming best of bad.

History of the Civil War (1595)

Might,
That makes a title where there is no right.

History of the Civil War (1595)

He hath nothing done that doth not all.

History of the Civil War (1595)

Who reproves the lame must go upright.

History of the Civil War (1595)

The bounds once overgone that hold men in,
They never stay; but on from bad to worse.
Wrongs do not leave off there where they begin,
But still beget new mischiefs in their course.

History of the Civil War (1595)

Devotion, mother of obedience.

History of the Civil War (1595)

This many-headed monster, Multitude.

History of the Civil War (1595)

Attribution

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