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David Hare
English
Playwright
About the author
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Prose
#Poetry
When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Frogs
Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Deep
#Prosperity
#Adversity
#Tides
To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#God
#Honor
#Disgrace
#Sin
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Honor
#Truth
#Purity
The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Civilization
Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Weather
#Mercury
Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Christianity
#Strength
#Virtue
#Obedience
Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#People
#Heart
Smiles are the language of love.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Love
#Language
#Smiles
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Thought
#Knowledge
#Wind
No one but a fool is always right.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Right
#Fool
In oratory the will must predominate.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Will
#Oratory
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Nature
#Key
#Poetry
An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Stupidity
#Language
Children always turn to the light.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Children
#Light
Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
David Hare,
English
Playwright
#Nothing
#Earth
#Heaven