John Fletcher Quotes

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O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O' the pleurisy of people.

John Fletcher

Hence, all you vain delights,
As short as are the nights
Wherein you spend your folly!
There's naught in this life sweet
But only melancholy;
O sweetest melancholy!

John Fletcher

That soul that can
Be honest is the only perfect man.

John Fletcher

Great things thro' greatest hazards are achiev'd,
And then they shine.

John Fletcher

Of all the paths lead to a woman's love
Pity's the straightest.

John Fletcher

We must all die!
All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,
Nor how, so we die well; and can that man that does so
Need lamentation for him?

John Fletcher

'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.

John Fletcher

Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we might die under its smile.

John Fletcher

And he that will to bed go sober Falls with the leaf in October.

John Fletcher