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Tragedy26 quotes
One lives but once in this world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1774Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich Schiller · 1801A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense. — Pierre Corneille · 1674Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808What's not forbidden to do make bold. — Friedrich Schiller · 1798Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do
What then thou would'st. — John Milton · 1671All 26 quotes →Tragedy (play)26 quotes
One lives but once in this world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1774Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich Schiller · 1801A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense. — Pierre Corneille · 1674Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808What's not forbidden to do make bold. — Friedrich Schiller · 1798Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do
What then thou would'st. — John Milton · 1671All 26 quotes →Comedy3 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 · 1619Comedy (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 · 1619