Samuel Foote
Samuel Foote
Samuel Footewas a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth27 January 1720
dull dullness english-dramatist
He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
excuse
He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else.
humorous cutting garden
So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street pops its head into the shop. What! no soap? So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.
dice levels distinction
Death and the dice level all distinctions.
talent states microcosm
Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state.
life ancestry born
Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.
english-dramatist gone house land learning
When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.