John William Fletcher famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

"Should I comfort those who do not mourn?" Some preachers are too quick and too willing to hand out pardons to sinners who do not mourn over their crimes!
-- John William Fletcher

#Hands #Religion #Comfort
Vice gets more in this vicious world than piety.
-- John William Fletcher

#Vices #World #Vicious
Leap hearts to lips, and in our kisses meet.
-- John William Fletcher

#Heart #Kissing #Kiss Me
The sins we do, people behold with optics, Which shew them ten times more than common vices, And often multiply them.
-- John William Fletcher

#People #Evil #Vices
Come landlord fill a flowing bowl until it does run over, Tonight we will all merry be--tomorrow we'll get sober.
-- John William Fletcher

#Running #Drinking #Doe
The place that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the, old sages and philosophers; And sometimes for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-plac'd statutes.
-- John William Fletcher

#Kings #Book #Victory
To work a fell revenge a man's a fool, if not instructed in a woman's school.
-- John William Fletcher

#Revenge #School #Men
Calamity is man's true touchstone.
-- John William Fletcher

#Men #Negativity #Affliction
Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution.
-- John William Fletcher

#Children #Father #Superstitions
Deeds, not words shall speak to me.
-- John William Fletcher

#Deeds #Speak #Deeds Not Words

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