Quotes of William Davenant - somelinesforyou

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! It makes felicity in others seem deformed. ”

- William Davenant

“ How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! It makes felicity in others seem deformed. ”

- William Davenant

“ Had laws not been, we never had been blam'd; For not to know we sinn'd is innocence. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! It makes felicity in others seem deformed. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Wit is not only the luck and labour, but also the dexterity of thought, rounding the world, like the Sun, with unimaginable motion; and bringing swiftly home to the memory universal surveys. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Wit is not only the luck and labour, but also the dexterity of thought, rounding the world, like the Sun, with unimaginable motion; and bringing swiftly home to the memory universal surveys. ”

- William Davenant

“ Ambition is the mind's immodesty. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Ambition is the mind's immodesty. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ”

- William Davenant

“ Had laws not been, we never had been blam'd; For not to know we sinn'd is innocence. ”

- William Davenant

“ Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off. ”

- William Davenant

“ Wit is not only the luck and labour, but also the dexterity of thought, rounding the world, like the Sun, with unimaginable motion; and bringing swiftly home to the memory universal surveys. ”

- William Davenant

“ Wit is not only the luck and labour, but also the dexterity of thought, rounding the world, like the Sun, with unimaginable motion; and bringing swiftly home to the memory universal surveys. ”

- William Davenant
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