"Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange……" — John Webster
"Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise."
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24 Quotes by John Webster
John Webster has 24 quotes on this site.
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Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
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Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
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When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for…
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We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.
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All things do help the unhappy man to fall.
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Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.
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For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
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Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.
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Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.
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Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
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In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in…
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Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
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More Disguise Quotes
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies.…
— Jean Cocteau
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Many of our problems are blessings in disguise.
— O. Leslie Stone
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
— William Penn
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Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.
— Mother Teresa
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The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky.…
— Mark Twain
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If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will…
— Wilfred Trotter
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I was born into no true class and it was my decision early in life to insinuate myself into the…
— John Cheever
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It may be a blessing in disguise...Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to…
— Pat Robertson
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Angels light the way. Angels do not begrudge anyone anything, angels do not tear down, angels do not compete, angels…
— Marianne Williamson
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Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes,…
— Gregory Maguire
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