George Farquhar
George Farquhar
George Farquharwas an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Recruiting Officerand The Beaux' Stratagem...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionDramatist
CountryIreland
fortune
No woman can be a beauty without a fortune.
taste
Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.
destiny knows
Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.
sleep alcohol ale
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
women littles good-company
How a little love and good company improves a woman.
mother motherhood invention
Necessity, the mother of invention.
rewards virtue crime
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.
teacher teaching sake
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
men hands fool
Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.
believe belief ridicule
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
play grace theatre
Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks / Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks / The founder's you; the table is this place / The carvers we; the prologue is the grace / Each act a course, each scene, a different dish.
fall wonder blind
When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.
may lovers despise
One may like the love and despise the lover.
spirituality obedience knows
Those who know the least obey the best.