"The true way to gain much is never……" — Francis Beaumont
"The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much."
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Francis Beaumont
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22 Quotes by Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont has 22 quotes on this site.
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Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest…
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
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Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
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There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
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Kiss till the cow comes home.
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It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
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Those have most power to hurt us, that we love.
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My virginity, that from my childhood kept me company, is heavier than I can endure to bear. Forgive me, Cupid,…
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Our lives are but our marches to the grave.
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Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.
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Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
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The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses…
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More Desire Quotes
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be…
— Hannah Arendt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
— Aristotle
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
— Aristotle
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
— Aristotle
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
— Richard Bach
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated…
— Chinua Achebe
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
— Saint Augustine
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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