Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.
-- John Webster (c. 1580-1625)
-- The White Devil, Act iv, Sc. 4
But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.
-- John Webster (c. 1580-1625)
-- The White Devil, Act iv, Sc. 4
Related:
- T is just like a summer bird-cage in a garden,--the birds that are
without despair to get in,
and the birds that are within despair and are in a... - Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren,
Since o'er shady groves they hover,
And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless... - Condemn you me for that the duke did love me?
So may you blame some fair and crystal river
For that some melancholic,
distracted man Hath drown'd himself in 't. -- John... - Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them,
but not for love. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)... - I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exit.
John Webster (c. 1580-1625) -- Duchess of Malfi, Act... - T is neither here nor there.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
Othello -- Act iv, Sc.... - Neither rhyme nor reason.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
As You Like It -- Act iii, Sc.... - There 's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV --... - I saw him now going the way of all flesh.
-- John Webster (c.
1580-1625) -- Westward Hoe, Act ii, Sc....
