14 Quotes by Samuel Foote

He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.

He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.

What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

They all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gun powder ran out at the heels of their boots.

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber.

Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.

Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state.

Death and the dice level all distinctions.