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George Farquhar
1678 - April 29, 1707
Nationality: Irish
Category: Dramatist
Subcategory: Irish Dramatist

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

   

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

   

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

   

Those who know the least obey the best.

   

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

   

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

   

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

   

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

   

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

   

Necessity, the mother of invention.

   

Spare all I have, and take my life.

   

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

   

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