Thomas Shadwell Quotes

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The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

Thomas Shadwell

And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Thomas Shadwell

I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water.

Thomas Shadwell

Words may be false and full of art,
Sighs are the natural language of the heart.

Thomas Shadwell

Love quickly is pall'd,
Tho' with labour 'tis gain'd;
Wine never does cloy
Tho' with ease 'tis obtain'd.
We sing while you sigh,
We laugh while you weep;
Love robs you of rest,
Wine lulls us asleep.

Thomas Shadwell

Oh this Surgeon! this damn'd Surgeon, will this Villainous Quack never come to me? Oh this Plaster on my Neck! It gnaws more than Aqua-Fortis: this abominable Rascle has mistaken sure, and given me the same Caustick he appli'd to my Shins, when they were open'd last.

Thomas Shadwell

Physicians tell us, that in every Age Some one particular Disease does rage, The Scurvy once, and what you call the Gout, But Heaven be prais'd their Reign is almost out.

Thomas Shadwell

RAYMUND: Well a desperate disease must have a desperate Cure...

Thomas Shadwell

Wood to La. Vaine. "Tis true, Madame, Sir Positive and Poet Ninny are excellent men, and brave Bully-Rocks; but they must grant, that neither of e'm understand Mathematics but myself.

Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell

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Born: 1642

Died: November 19, 1692 (aged 50)

Bio: Thomas Shadwell was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689.

Known for:

The Virtuoso (1676)
The libertine (1676)

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