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Thomas Middleton Quotes (1580-1627)
Writer, Poet, Playwright
About Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He stands with William Shakespeare as one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in comedy and tragedy. Also a prolific writer of masques and pageants, he remains one of the most noteworthy and characteristic of Jacobean dramatists.
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“I smell a rat.”
“On his last legs.”
“’T is a stinger.”
“As true as I live.”
“As the case stands.”
“Spick and span new.”
“In spite of my teeth.”
“My nearest
And dearest enemy.”
And dearest enemy.”
“This was a good week’s labour.”
“There is no hate lost between us.”
“A flat case as plain as a pack-staff.”
“He who loves the law dies either mad or poor.”
“Beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes.”
“Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?”
“The world's a stage on which all parts are played.”
“A little too wise, they say, do ne’er live long.”
“That disease
Of which all old men sicken,—avarice.”
Of which all old men sicken,—avarice.”
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Thomas Middleton on English proverbs (alphabetically by proverb) 5 quotes
“'Tis a stinger.”
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Thomas Middleton on Love 2 quotes
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View all 2 quotes on Poetry about love →Thomas Middleton on Law
“As the case stands.”
Thomas Middleton on Enemies
“My nearest And dearest enemy.”
Thomas Middleton on Hatred
“There's no hate lost between us.”
Thomas Middleton on Wisdom
“A little too wise they say do ne'er live long.”
Thomas Middleton on Wit
“Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?”
Thomas Middleton on World
“The world's a stage on which all parts are played.”
What Thomas Middleton Said About Others
Discover personal opinions Thomas Middleton shared regarding contemporaries.
Thomas Middleton on Wives
“In the election of a wife, as in A project of war, to err but once is To be undone forever.”
About Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He stands with William Shakespeare as one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in comedy and tragedy. Also a prolific writer of masques and pageants, he remains one of the most noteworthy and characteristic of Jacobean dramatists.