"It is our duty to endeavor always to……" — Samuel West
"It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by were we in their circumstances; to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before God. These are some of the laws of nature which every man in the world is bound to observe, and which whoever violates exposes himself to the resentment of mankind, the lashes of his own conscience, and the judgment of Heaven. This plainly shows that the highest state of liberty subjects us to the law of nature and the government of God."
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25 Quotes by Samuel West
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[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond…
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Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always…
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We'll be back. I promise you that.
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At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've…
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I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime…
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It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an…
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Most actors are socialists, aren't they?
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Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.
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I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different…
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If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch…
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Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the…
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When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or…
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