There is no purgatory but a woman. -- Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher (1614)
Related:
- Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love
Pity 's the straightest.
Beaumont and Fletcher -- The Knight of Malta, Act... - As cold as cucumbers.
-- Beaumont and Fletcher
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Cupid's Revenge, Act i, Sc.... - 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... - All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
Beaumont and Fletcher -- Philaster, Act v, Sc.... - A soul as white as heaven.
-- Beaumont and Fletcher
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The Maid's Tragedy, Act iv, Sc.... - Beggars must be no choosers.
-- Beaumont and Fletcher
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Scornful Lady, Act v, Sc.... - But they that are above
Have ends in everything.
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Beaumont and Fletcher -- The Maid's Tragedy, Act v... - Calamity is man's true touchstone.
-- Beaumont and Fletcher
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Four Plays in One: The Triumph of Honour, Sc....
From the same category:
- The intention makes the crime. --
Aristotle (384-322... - Faith" means not *wanting* to know what is true.
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) "Aphorism... - The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other
purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved.
One can trust nobody and nothing. -- Henry Brooks... - Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.
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Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) "Aims of Education... - New York! I say to you New York!
let Black blood flow into your blood
That it may rub the rust from your steel joints,
like an oil of life. -- Aime Cesaire (1913- ...
