34 Quotes by William Davenant

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

Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.

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

For I must go where lazy PeaceWill hide her drowsy head;And, for the sport of kings, increaseThe number of the dead.

For I must go where lazy Peace Will hide her drowsy head; And, for the sport of kings, increase The number of the dead.

Generous souls Are still most subject to credulity.

Small are the seeds fate does unheeded sow Of slight beginnings to important ends.

For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.

To be rich be diligent; move on Like heav'ns great movers that enrich the earth; Whose moment's sloth would show the world undone; And make the spring straight bury all her birth. Rich are the diligent who can command Time--nature's stock.