What did Christopher Marlowe mean by: It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all. Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England Copy
Hell strives with grace for conquest in my breast. What shall I do to shun the snares of death? Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Conquest, Salvation, Struggle, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
I’m armed with more than complete steel, – The justice of my quarrel. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Conflict, Justice, Power, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Death, Distance, Remorse, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That is–more knave than fool. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Betrayal, Cunning, Deception, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
The griefs of private men are soon allayed, But not of kings. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Power, Privilege, Suffering, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Fate, Love, Power, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Control, Influence, Relationships, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Marlowe, Bliss, Felicity, 0 Christopher Marlowe Dramatist · England
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nowhere beats the heart so kindly as beneath the tartan plaid! William Edmondstoune Aytoun Poet · Scotland
