"Was this the face that launched a thousand……" — Christopher Marlowe
"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?"
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61 Quotes by Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe has 61 quotes on this site.
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Strike up the drum and march courageously.
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Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent.
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You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.
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Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?
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While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.
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Why this is hell, nor am I out of it: Thinkst thou that I who saw the face of God,…
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Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
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Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.
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Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?
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We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.
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Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits.
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Things that are not at all, are never lost.
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