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• T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad.
  -- George Farquhar (1678-1707) -- The Beaux' Stratagem, Act iii, Sc. 2...
• Necessity, the mother of invention. -- George Farquhar (1678-1707) -- The Twin Rivals, Act i
• Cos. Pray now, what may be that same bed of honour?
  Kite. Oh, a mighty large bed! bigger by half than the great bed at Ware...
• Each natural agent works but to this end,-- To render that it works on like itself.
  -- George Chapman (1557-1634) -- Bussy D'Ambois, Act iii, Sc. 1...
• A royal train, believe me. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII -- Act iv, Sc. 1
• O, woe is me, To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act iii, Sc. 1...
• The villany you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act iii, Sc. 1...
• It would talk,-- Lord! how it talked! -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Scornful Lady, Act v, Sc. 1
• But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I 'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc. 1...