George Farquhar Quotes & Sayings

Since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little. — George Farquhar

How a little love and good company improves a woman. — George Farquhar

Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet. — George Farquhar

I hate all that don't love me, and slight all that do. — George Farquhar

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale. — George Farquhar

Necessity, the mother of invention. — George Farquhar

Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there Seduced me first to me a wicked player. — George Farquhar

Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny. — George Farquhar

Spare all I have, and take my life. — George Farquhar

'Tis a strange thing, Sam, that among us people can't agree the whole week, because they go different ways upon Sundays. — George Farquhar

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that. — George Farquhar

Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets. — George Farquhar

Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant. — George Farquhar

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. — George Farquhar

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. — George Farquhar

Do you think a woman's silence can be natural? — George Farquhar

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. — George Farquhar

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it. — George Farquhar

It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another. — George Farquhar

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty. — George Farquhar

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake. — George Farquhar

Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so very fast that I'm sure it must be good. — George Farquhar

Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase. — George Farquhar

A good husband makes a good wife at any time. — George Farquhar

False love is only blinder. — George Farquhar

Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks / Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks / The founder's you; the table is this place / The carvers we; the prologue is the grace / Each act a course, each scene, a different dish. — George Farquhar

Money is the sinews of love, as of war. — George Farquhar

Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise. — George Farquhar

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. — George Farquhar

Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave,
And only cowards dare affront a woman. — George Farquhar

No woman can be a beauty without a fortune. — George Farquhar

Those who know the least obey the best. — George Farquhar

The shortest pleasures are the sweetest. — George Farquhar

One may like the love and despise the lover. — George Farquhar

Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim. — George Farquhar

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony. — George Farquhar

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst. — George Farquhar

Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini. — George Farquhar

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage
an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. The spring of all brave acts is seated here, As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear. — George Farquhar