Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher ( 10 of 73 )
Of every noble action the intent
Is to give worth reward, vice punishment.
Of every noble action the intent
Is to give worth reward, vice punishment.
There's nothing that allays an angry mind
So soon as a sweet beauty.
There's nothing that allays an angry mind
So soon as a sweet beauty.
Let's meet and either do or die.
Let's meet and either do or die.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.
'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.
To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.
To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.
My dancing days are done.
My dancing days are done.