George Farquhar

Dramatist

30 Quotes

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

Those who know the least obey the best.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

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