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> [Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/fame-like-the-river-is-narrowest-where-it-is-bred-and-broadest-afar/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

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## More by William Davenant

> [Honor is the moral conscience of the great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/honor-is-the-moral-conscience-of-the-great/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Actions rare and sudden do commonly proceed from fierce necessity, of else from some oblique design, which is ashamed to show itself in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/actions-rare-and-sudden-do-commonly-proceed-from-fierce-necessity-of/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/since-knowledge-is-but-sorrow-s-spy-it-is-not-safe-to-know/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/calamity-is-the-perfect-glass-wherein-we-truly-see-and-know-ourselves/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/aubade-the-lark-now-leaves-his-wat-ry-nest-and-climbing-shakes-his/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Praise and Prayer PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds, The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; Where Heaven divided faiths united finds: But Prayer in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/praise-and-prayer-praise-is-devotion-fit-for-mighty-minds-the-diff/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/for-in-a-dearth-of-comforts-we-art-taught-to-be-contented-with-the/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Go! dive into the Southern Sea, and when Th'ast found, to trouble the nice sight of men, A swelling pearl, and such whose single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/go-dive-into-the-southern-sea-and-when-th-ast-found-to-trouble-the/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/it-is-the-wit-and-policy-of-sin-to-hate-those-we-have-abused/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! it makes felicity in others seem deformed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/how-beautiful-is-sorrow-when-it-is-dressed-by-virgin-innocence-it/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Generous souls Are still most subject to credulity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/generous-souls-are-still-most-subject-to-credulity/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [What one cannot, another can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/what-one-cannot-another-can/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [To be rich be diligent; move on Like heav'ns great movers that enrich the earth; Whose moment's sloth would show the world undone; And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/to-be-rich-be-diligent-move-on-like-heav-ns-great-movers-that-enrich/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Small are the seeds fate does unheeded sow Of slight beginnings to important ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/small-are-the-seeds-fate-does-unheeded-sow-of-slight-beginnings-to/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

> [Be not with honor's gilded baits beguil'd, Nor think ambition wise, because 'tis brave; For though we like it, as a forward child, 'Tis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/be-not-with-honor-s-gilded-baits-beguil-d-nor-think-ambition-wise/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

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