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
greatness spirituality
They're only truly great who are truly good.
lambs lions englishmen
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
pride shame
Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.
flower lovers praying
I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this, O, that's for lover's thoughts.
inspirational agents natural
Each natural agent works but to this end,- To render that it works on like itself.
way accomplish best-way
The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.
stars night soul
As night the life-inclining stars best shows, So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.
opportunity men wheels
There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.
men
Who hath no faith to man, to God hath none.
action ends
He is at no end of his actions blestWhose ends will make him greatest, and not best.
water
Words writ in waters.
enough
Enough 's as good as a feast.
perfect birth perfect-happiness
Perfect happiness, by princes sought, Is not with birth born, nor exchequers bought.
fate
Fate's such a shrewish thing.