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• Beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Roaring Girl, Act i, Sc.
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• The world 's a stage on which all parts are played.
  -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- A Game of Chess, Act v, Sc. 1...
• As the case stands. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Old Law, Act ii, Sc. 1
• On his last legs. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Old Law, Act v, Sc. 1
• All is not gold that glisteneth. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- A Fair Quarrel, Act v, Sc. 1
• A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Phoenix, Act i, Sc.
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• As old Chaucer was wont to say, that broad famous English poet.
  -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- More Dissemblers besides Women, Act i, Sc. 4...
• My nearest And dearest enemy. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- Anything for a Quiet Life, Act v, Sc.
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• The better day, the better deed. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Phoenix, Act iii, Sc. 1