Those who know the least obey the best.
Wisdom
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Quotes by George Farquhar
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Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.
Wisdom
Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.
Wisdom
When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.
Wisdom
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
Wisdom
Necessity, the mother of invention.
Wisdom
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
Wisdom
Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
Love
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.
Wisdom
We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
Love
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
Love
We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.
Love
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.
Wisdom
Spare all I have, and take my life.
Life
There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
Wisdom