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George Chapman
English
Poet
About the author
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Friends
#Dogs
I am ashamed the law is such an ass.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Law
Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Man
#Woman
#Value
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Old
#Men
#Fools
Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Law
We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Nothing
#Actions
They're only truly great who are truly good.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
Promise is most given when the least is said.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Promise
Ignorance is the mother of admiration.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Ignorance
#Mother
#Admiration
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Passion
Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Love
#Hatred
#Extreme
#Chastity
#Extremes
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Spirits
#Greatness
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Will
#Earth
#Walking
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Being
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Want
#Advice
Pure innovation is more gross than error.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#Error
#Innovation
He that shuns trifles must shun the world.
George Chapman,
English
Poet
#World
#Trifles