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

Quote by George Farquhar

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

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

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

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.

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

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

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

Those who know the least obey the best.

Those who know the least obey the best.

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.

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

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

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

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.

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,...

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...

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Necessity, the mother of invention

Necessity, the mother of invention

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.