John Fletcher Quote

Go far—too far you cannot, still the farther
The more experience finds you: And go sparing;—
One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,
Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain,
The poorer and the baser you appear,
The more you look through still.


The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed (c. 1611; published 1647), Act IV, scene 5, line 199.


Go far—too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;— One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,...

Go far—too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;— One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,...

Go far—too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;— One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,...

Go far—too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;— One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,...