John Fletcher
John Fletcher
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.
angel shadow ill
Our acts our angels are, for good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
brother sleep woe
Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose.
music singing faces
Come, sing now, sing; for I know you sing well; I see you have a singing face.
believe writing news
Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything; The world's a fine believing world, write news.
stars fall angel
Man is his own star, and the soul that can, render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate: nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts are angels are, for good or ill: our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
devil speech speak
Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.
lust tyranny governing
Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing.
coward weapons poison
The coward's weapon, poison.
dream grief sadness
Joys as winged dreams fly fast, / Why should sadness longer last? / Grief is but a wound to woe; / Gentlest fair, mourn, mourn no moe.
fall october bed
He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.