John Quotes

A good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast. ~ The White Devil by John Webster Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens. ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster We are merely the stars' tennis-balls, struck and banded Which way please them. ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster Fortune's a right whore: If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels, That she may take away all at one swoop. ~ The White Devil by John Webster I know death hath ten thousand several doors for men to take their exits ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust. ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster And God made two great lights, great for their use
To Man, the greater to have rule by day,
The less by night . . . ~ Paradise Lost by John Milton The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. ~ Paradise Lost by John Milton Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heaven. ~ Paradise Lost by John Milton Beneath all manner of kindness and consideration for each other--for their good taste, at all events, had never given way--this tragedy of a woman, who wanted to be loved, slowly killing the power of loving her in the man, had gone on year after year. ~ Fraternity by John Galsworthy