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Comedy (play)143 quotes
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never. — William Shakespeare · 1600Eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath. — William Shakespeare · 1599Good counselors lack no clients. — William Shakespeare · 1616The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. — William Shakespeare · 1602Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks,
Shall win my love. — William Shakespeare · 1594Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. — George Bernard Shaw · 1909All 143 quotes →Comedy16 quotes
There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777There is a very pretty Collection of Prints in the next Room, Madam, will you give me leave to explain them to you? — Susanna Centlivre · 1710We only die once, and for such a long time! — Moliere · 1656You see him laboring to produce bons mots. — Moliere · 1666All 16 quotes →Romantic comedy (play)12 quotes
The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. — William Shakespeare · 1602But be not afraid of greatness.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em. — William Shakespeare · 1602If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die. — William Shakespeare · 1602How apt the poor are to be proud! — William Shakespeare · 1602Then let thy love be younger than thyself,
Or thy affection cannot hold the bent.
For women are as roses, whose fair flower,
Being once displayed, doth fall that very hour. — William Shakespeare · 1602What is love? ’Tis not hereafter.
Present mirth hath present laughter.
What’s to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty,
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty.
Youth’s a stuff will not endure. — William Shakespeare · 1602All 12 quotes →Comedy of manners4 quotes
Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777Never say more than is necessary. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1775Be just before you're generous. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs. — Noel Coward · 1930Tragedy3 quotes
There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and death things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind. — John Webster · 1619Tragedy (play)3 quotes
There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and death things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind. — John Webster · 1619Drama (play)1 quote
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. — George Bernard Shaw · 1894Satire1 quote
There shall be no love lost. — Ben Jonson · 1599