Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumontwas a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
irons man
It is always good/ When a man has two irons in the fire.
interest others people
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted
man scarce thou thy wilt
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
body buried gentle lie
Upon my buried body lie / Lightly, gentle earth.
behold change flesh
Mortality, behold and fear! / What a change of flesh is here!
against care disclose hearts shut theirs
Let us have care not to disclose our hearts to the those who shut up theirs against us
christmas gave jolly red thee
Nose, nose, jolly red nose, / And who gave thee this jolly red nose? . . . / Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves, / And they gave me this jolly red nose.
deeds shall water
All your better deeds / Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
running soul doubt
Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout, That, bearing all mischance, dares last it out.
desire want littles
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. 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.
forgiveness men silence
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
heaven headstone mercy
The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy.
heart care shut-up
Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us.
past care helping
But what is past my help is past my care.