George Chapman
George Chapman
George Chapmanwas an English dramatist, translator, and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman has been identified as the Rival Poet of Shakespeare's sonnets by William Minto, and as an anticipator of the Metaphysical Poets of the 17th century. Chapman is best remembered for his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and the Homeric Batrachomyomachia...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
water
Words writ in waters.
action ends
He is at no end of his actions blestWhose ends will make him greatest, and not best.
dream men wind
Man is a torch borne in the wind; a dream But of a shadow, summed with all his substance.
ambition immortality dies
Tis immortality to die aspiring.
mind spurs great-minds
Danger, the spur of all great minds.
kings law needs
Who to himself is law no law doth need; offends none and is king indeed.
failure responsibility order
The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster.
flower lovers praying
I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this, O, that's for lover's thoughts.
passion heat stills
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.
walking-away earth clock
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
keeping-promises kept-promises said
Promise is most given when the least is said.
errors innovation gross
Pure innovation is more gross than error.
morning air news
News as wholesome as the morning air.
lambs lions englishmen
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.