John Webster
John Webster
John Websterwas an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and career overlapped William Shakespeare's...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
lust girdles whips
Lust carries her sharp whip At her own girdle.
honesty heaven being-honest
Were there no heaven nor hell I should be honest.
misery born dare
The misery of us, that are born great, We are forced to woo because none dare woo us.
motivational smart knowledge-is-power
Knowledge Is Power! Train smart and obtain power!
long wages virtue
I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her.
men
Woman to man Is either a God or a wolfe.
children tears cold
See, the curse of children! In life they keep us frequently in tears, And in the cold grave leave us in pale fears.
health gold hours
Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.
duchess stills
I am Duchess of Malfi still.
sweetness
Love mixed with fear is sweetness.
jest wit seems
Imyself haveheard averygood jest, and havescornedto seem to have so sillya wit as to understand it.
running fire light
Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.
drinking degrees
All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through.
atheist house soul
Are you grown an atheist? Will you turn your body, Which is the goodly palace of the soul, To the soul's slaughter-house? Oh, the curse' d devil, Which doth present us with all other sins Thrice-candied o'er.