English - Playwright | 1584 - 1616
Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Francis Beaumont
DogLoveWillMakeRhymeHowl
Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.
FaithBirdFlyWingsHeavenEarth
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
SilenceArgumentOvercomeMoreNoble
Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.
FruitEnvyDeerNeverOutCunning
Kiss till the cow comes home.
HomeKissCowTill
Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
LoveFearDeathManSleepDie
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
Too MuchDesireTrueWayNeverGain
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.
PeopleBlindOthersSome PeopleSome
There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
ManUpGrowsDegreesWickedness
Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
SweetNothingLovelyMelancholy
Bad's the best of us.
BestBadUs
But what is past my help is past my care.
PastCareHelp
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