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> [Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/poetry-unlike-oratory-should-not-aim-at-clarity-but-be-dense-with/)

[George Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-chapman/)

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## More by George Chapman

> [Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/extremes-though-contrary-have-the-like-effects-extreme-heat-kills-and/)

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> [I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/i-will-neither-yield-to-the-song-of-the-siren-nor-the-voice-of-the/)

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> [Man is a torch borne in the wind; a dream But of a shadow, summed with all his substance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/man-is-a-torch-borne-in-the-wind-a-dream-but-of-a-shadow-summed-with/)

[George Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-chapman/)

> [For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/for-one-heat-all-know-doth-drive-out-another-one-passion-doth-expel/)

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> [There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/there-is-a-nick-in-fortune-s-restless-wheel-for-each-man-s-good/)

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> [Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/young-men-think-old-men-are-fools-but-old-men-know-young-men-are-fools/)

[George Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-chapman/)

> [Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To other some,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/fortune-the-great-commandress-of-the-world-hath-divers-ways-to/)

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> [We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/we-inherit-nothing-truly-but-what-our-actions-make-us-worthy-of/)

[George Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-chapman/)

> [Tis immortality to die aspiring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/tis-immortality-to-die-aspiring/)

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> [He is at no end of his actions blestWhose ends will make him greatest, and not best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/he-is-at-no-end-of-his-actions-blestwhose-ends-will-make-him-greatest/)

[George Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-chapman/)

> [Fair words never hurt the tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/fair-words-never-hurt-the-tongue/)

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> [Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/who-to-himself-is-law-no-law-doth-need-offends-no-law-and-is-a-king/)

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> [Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/be-free-all-worthy-spirits-and-stretch-yourselves-for-greatness-and/)

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> [Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/flatterers-look-like-friends-as-wolves-like-dogs/)

[George Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-chapman/)

> [Blood, though it sleep a time, yet never dies. The gods on murtherers fix revengeful eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-chapman/blood-though-it-sleep-a-time-yet-never-dies-the-gods-on-murtherers/)

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