John Marston
John Marston
John Marstonwas an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. His career as a writer lasted a decade, and his work is remembered for its energetic and often obscure style, its contributions to the development of a distinctively Jacobean style in poetry, and its idiosyncratic vocabulary...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 October 1576
trouble folks
It's wanting that gets so many folks in trouble.
safety trouble danger
Through danger safety comes - through trouble rest.
kingdom man
A man! A man! My kingdom for a man!
banner businesses expand looking looks recover several taken year
I think it is going to be a banner year for Lenoir County. It has taken us several years to recover from 9/11 and a down economy, but it looks like businesses are looking to expand again.
ass fart
You couldn't shoot a fart out of your own ass!
men political principles
I'm many things, most of 'em bad. But a man of political principles? No.
brother people ransom
I rode in a gang. We robbed trains, banks, held people ransom. We killed people we didn't like. Bill Williamson was in that gang. If I don't capture my former brother-in-arms, great harm will befall my family.
fire
All the fatt's in the fire.
sides given chosen
My side ain't chosen. My side was given.
games killers farmers
I'm a semi-literate farmer and hired killer. I ain't in the power game.
winning remember wanted
If you win power, remember why you wanted it.
men dies
We die alone, but we live among men.
fear apprehension
Wink and shut their apprehensions up.
fun growing-up looks
Don't be too eager to grow up. It ain't as much fun as it looks