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And a thousand fragrant posies.
— Christopher Marlowe
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Christopher Marlowe
playwright, poet, translator, writer
1564 – 1593
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, modern scholars consider him to have been the foremost dramatist in London in the years just before his mysterious early death. Some scholars also believe that he greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was baptised in the same year as Marlowe and later succeeded him as the preeminent Elizabethan playwright. Marlowe was the first to achieve critical reputation for his use of blank verse, which became the standard for the era. His plays are distinguished by their overreaching protagonists. Themes found within Marlowe's literary works have been noted as humanistic with realistic emotions, which some scholars find difficult to reconcile with Marlowe's "anti-intellectualism" and his catering to the prurient tastes of his Elizabethan audiences for generous displays of extreme physical violence, cruelty, and bloodshed.
All Quotes by Christopher Marlowe
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You sons of care, companions of my course!
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Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend.
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What strange arts necessity finds out.
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Time passeth swift away;Our life is frail, and we may die to-day.
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Our swords shall play the orators for us.
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Accurst be he that first invented war.
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Let Earth and Heaven his timeless death deplore,For both their worths shall equal him no more.
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I count religion but a childish toy,And hold there is no sin but ignorance.
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And thus methinks should men of judgment frameInfinite riches in a little room.
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Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
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Things past recoveryAre hardly cured with exclamations.
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ReligionHides many mischiefs from suspicion.
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Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is, more knave than fool.
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Thou hast committed—And besides, the wench is dead.
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So, march away; and let due praise be givenNeither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.
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My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns,Shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay.
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What should a priest do with so fair a house?A prison may best beseem his holiness.
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My swelling heart for very anger breaks.
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And let these tears, distilling from mine eyes,Be proof of my grief and innocency.
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Che serà, serà:What will be, shall be.
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Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'dAnd where hell is, there must we ever be.
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O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.
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When all the world dissolves,All places shall be hell that are not heaven.
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Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!
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Pray for me! and what noise soever ye hear, come not unto me, for nothing can rescue me.
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He that loves pleasure, must for pleasure fall.
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A pleasant-smiling cheek, a speaking eye,A brow for love to banquet royally.
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It lies not in our power to love or hate,For will in us is overruled by fate.
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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
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Like untuned golden strings all women are,Vessels of brass, oft handled, brightly shine.
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All women are ambitious naturally.
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Love always makes those eloquent that have it.
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Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
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Goodness is beauty in the best estate.
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While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.
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Come live with me and be my Love,
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All live to die, and rise to fall.
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Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.
— Christopher Marlowe
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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
— Christopher Marlowe
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Goodness is beauty in the best estate.
— Christopher Marlowe