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01c. 1601 AD

What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.

Francis Beaumont / quote

02c. 1601 AD

Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the ruined sides of kings.

Francis Beaumont / quote

03c. 1601 AD

It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire.

Francis Beaumont / quote

04c. 1601 AD

What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.

Francis Beaumont / quote

05c. 1601 AD

Interest makes some people blind and others quick-sighted.

Francis Beaumont / quote

06c. 1601 AD

He is not rich that possesses much but he that covets no more and he is not poor that enjoys little but he that wants too much.

Francis Beaumont / quote

07c. 1601 AD

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.

Francis Beaumont / quote