Occupation: Poet Birth: November 30, 1554 Death: October 17, 1586
Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift..
Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise..
In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others..
As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him..
Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is..
Men are almost always cruel in their neighbors' faults; and make others' overthrow the badge of their own ill-masked virtue..
Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature: delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present; laughter ha….
...the poet, he nothing affirmeth, and therefore never lieth..
They love indeed who quake to say they love..
Liking is not always the child of beauty; but whatsoever is liked, to the liker is beautiful..
Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away..
Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?.
The journey of high honor lies not in smooth ways..
The day seems long, but night is odious; no sleep, but dreams; no dreams but visions strange..
A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions..
No decking sets forth anything so much as affection..
But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay; Invention, Nature's child, fled stepdame Study's blows; And others' feet still seemed but s….