Will Thomas
Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
art men instruments
Nature is God's. Art is man's instrument.
yield flames fire
Wit is brushwood; judgment, timber; the one gives the greatest flame, the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire.
ambitious bees world
An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous
absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder absence absent-friends
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it.
firsts made
Things were first made, then words.
shadow fool flattery
A flatterer is the shadow of a fool.
women two frail
Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer by concurring.
beauty skins beauty-is-only-skin-deep
Beauty is only skin deep.
love men old-man
The worst thing an old man can be is a lover.
sex nimble dames
Dame Fortune, like most others of the female sex, is generally most indulgent to the nimble-mettled blockheads.
graves beggar
Who's a prince or beggar in the grave?
wise greatness men
Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.
men mind noble
Ere man's corruptions made him wretched, he Was born most noble that was born most free; Each of himself was lord; and unconfin'd Obey'd the dictates of his godlike mind.
honesty hands coward
Honesty was a cheat invented first To bind the hands of bold deserving rogues, That fools and cowards might sit safe in power, And lord it uncontroll'd above their betters.