Nathaniel Lee Quotes (1653-1692)

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“Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!”

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“When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.”

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“Man, false man, smiling, destructive man!”

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“ ’T is beauty calls, and glory shows the way.”

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“I called the world mad, and the world called me mad, and they outvoted me.”

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“Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace,
That ’t is a kind of heaven to be deluded by him.”

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Nathaniel Lee Quotes by Topic

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Nathaniel Lee on Suicide

“While foulest fiends shun thy society.”

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Nathaniel Lee on Beauty

“'Tis beauty calls, and glory shows the way.”

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Nathaniel Lee on Man

“As man; false man, smiling destructive man.”

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Nathaniel Lee on Stars

“The stars, heav'n sentry, wink and seem to die.”

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Nathaniel Lee on Talk

“Then he will talk—good gods, how he will talk!”

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Nathaniel Lee on War

“When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war!”

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Nathaniel Lee on Sun

“When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon But small, appear most long and terrible.”

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Nathaniel Lee on Vows

“Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace, That 'tis a kind of Heaven to be deluded by him.”

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What Nathaniel Lee Said About Others

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Nathaniel Lee on Women

“Philip fought men, but Alexander women.”

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