O woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
-- John Fletcher (1576-1625)
-- Monsieur Thomas, Act iii, Sc. 1
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
-- John Fletcher (1576-1625)
-- Monsieur Thomas, Act iii, Sc. 1
Related:
- T is woman that seduces all mankind;
By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.
John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act i... - Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love
Pity 's the straightest.
Beaumont and Fletcher -- The Knight of Malta, Act... - What mighty ills have not been done by woman!
Who was 't betrayed the Capitol?
A woman! Who lost Mark Antony the world?--A woman!... - O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states,
thou grand decider Of dusty and old titles, that healest... - Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!
Thou little valiant,
great in villany! Thou ever strong upon the stronger... - If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares,
The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.
John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii... - O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man:
we had been brutes without you. Angels are painted... - If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice... - There 's naught in this life sweet,
If man were wise to see 't,
But only melancholy; O sweetest Melancholy! -...
