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Christopher Marlowe Quotes (1564-1593)
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About Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe (c. 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.
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“All women are ambitious naturally.”
“Our swords shall play the orators for us.”
“You sons of care, companions of my course!”
“Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.”
“Above our life we love a steadfast friend.”
“Love always makes those eloquent that have it.”
“Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend.”
“Things past recovery
Are hardly cured with exclamations.”
Are hardly cured with exclamations.”
“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”
“Che serà, serà:
What will be, shall be.”
What will be, shall be.”
“Time passeth swift away;
Our life is frail, and we may die to-day.”
Our life is frail, and we may die to-day.”
“And let these tears, distilling from mine eyes,
Be proof of my grief and innocency.”
Be proof of my grief and innocency.”
“Pray for me! and what noise soever ye hear, come not unto me, for nothing can rescue me.”
“My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns,
Shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay.”
Shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay.”
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Christopher Marlowe on Love 3 quotes
View all 3 quotes on Love →Christopher Marlowe on Judaism 2 quotes
View all 2 quotes on Judaism →Christopher Marlowe on Confession
“Confess and be hanged.”
Christopher Marlowe on Wealth
“Infinite riches in a little room.”
Christopher Marlowe on Circe
“His bodie was as straight as Circes wand,”
Christopher Marlowe on Covetousness
“Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.”
Christopher Marlowe on Medieval II: Total War
Christopher Marlowe on Rivers
“By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.”
Christopher Marlowe on Flowers
“And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.”
Christopher Marlowe on Roses
“And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.”
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Christopher Marlowe on Women 2 quotes
“Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss! Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies! Come Helen, come give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven be in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.”
Christopher Marlowe on Pythagoras
“Ah, Pythagoras' metempsychosis, were that true, This soul should fly from me, and I be changed Unto some brutish beast! All beasts are happy, for when they die, Their souls are soon dissolved in elements; But mine must live still to be plagued in hell.”
Christopher Marlowe on Timur
“...In vain, I see, men worship Mahomet: My sword hath sent millions of Turks to hell, Slew all his priests, his kinsmen, and his friends, And yet I live untouch'd by Mahomet. There is a God, full of revenging wrath, From whom the thunder and the lightning breaks, Whose scourge I am, and him will I obey.”
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“Comparisons are odious.”
About Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe (c. 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.
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