Those who know the least obey the best.
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Quotes by George Farquhar
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Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.
Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.
When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
Necessity, the mother of invention.
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.
We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
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.
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.
Spare all I have, and take my life.
There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
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