John Fletcher
John Fletcher
home charity
Charity and treating begin at home.
tree branches dew
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.
wisdom hindsight form
Of all the forms of wisdom, hindsight is by general consent the least merciful, the most unforgiving.
stars men light
Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light.
sweet night delight
Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet But only melancholy; O sweetest melancholy!
power everlasting-love lasting-love
Then, everlasting Love , restrain thy will; 'Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill.
war blood sick
O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood The earth when it is sick, and curest the world O' the pleurisy of people.
death doors life-death
Death hath so many doors to let out life.
funny humor impossible
It's impossible to ravish me, I'm so willing.
mind action speak
Great actions speak great minds.
mind noble action
'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern.
funny-drinking alcohol sorrow
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow.
perfect devil distraction
O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
men perfect soul
That soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.