I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Quote by George Farquhar

Topics: George Farquhar Quotes

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and...

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and...

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

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

Necessity, the mother of invention

Necessity, the mother of invention

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

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

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

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

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

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

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...

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

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

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

Women prefer emotions to reasoning.

Women prefer emotions to reasoning.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

One would suppose in reading them that women possess but one class of physical organs,...

One would suppose in reading them that women possess but one class of physical organs,...