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• Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love Pity 's the straightest.
  -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- The Knight of Malta, Act i, Sc. 1...
• As cold as cucumbers. -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Cupid's Revenge, Act i, Sc. 1
• A beautiful woman is paradise for the eyes, hell for the soul, and purgatory for the purse.
• 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...
• All your better deeds Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
  -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Philaster, Act v, Sc. 3...
• A soul as white as heaven. -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- The Maid's Tragedy, Act iv, Sc. 1
• Beggars must be no choosers. -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Scornful Lady, Act v, Sc. 3
• But they that are above Have ends in everything. -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- The Maid's Tragedy, Act v, Sc.
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• Calamity is man's true touchstone. -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Four Plays in One
  The Triumph of Honour, Sc. 1...