Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumontwas a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
deeds shall water
All your better deeds / Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
against care disclose hearts shut theirs
Let us have care not to disclose our hearts to the those who shut up theirs against us
behold change flesh
Mortality, behold and fear! / What a change of flesh is here!
irons man
It is always good/ When a man has two irons in the fire.
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.
garters should miscellaneous
You are no better than you should be.
wings bird heaven
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.
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.
interest others people
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted