John Webster
John Webster
John Websterwas an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and career overlapped William Shakespeare's...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
life kings ambition
Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.
guilt tedious conscience
How tedious is a guilty conscience!
dog bark cowardly
Cowardly dogs bark loudest.
boys greatness air
In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
children men beast
See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast.
children sorrow sin
Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.
blood water heaven
Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.
friends breasts stills
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
being-different liberty different
When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty....
fall ambition cutting
Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
horse men mind
When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.