Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumontwas a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
deeds shall water
All your better deeds / Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
man scarce thou thy wilt
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
behold change flesh
Mortality, behold and fear! / What a change of flesh is here!
against care disclose hearts shut theirs
Let us have care not to disclose our hearts to the those who shut up theirs against us
interest others people
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted
born child merry sweet
Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, / And sweet thyme true, / Primrose, first born child of Ver, / Merry Spring-time's harbinger.
body buried gentle lie
Upon my buried body lie / Lightly, gentle earth.
exercise men talk walk women
As men / Do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, / After supper. 'Tis their exercise.
christmas gave jolly red thee
Nose, nose, jolly red nose, / And who gave thee this jolly red nose? . . . / Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves, / And they gave me this jolly red nose.
irons man
It is always good/ When a man has two irons in the fire.
running soul doubt
Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout, That, bearing all mischance, dares last it out.
wisdom lying honor
Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.
sweet children spring
Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thyme true, Primrose, first born child of Ver, Merry Spring-time's harbinger.
desire want littles
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.