Sarah Josepha Hale
American writer and editor
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
George Chapmanwas an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism.
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George Chapmanwas an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. William Minto speculated that Chapman is the unnamed Rival Poet of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century. He is best remembered for his translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and the Homeric Batrachomyomachia.
Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman’s counsel.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
He that shuns trifles must shun the world.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
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.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
I am ashamed the law is such an ass.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
And let a scholar all earth’s volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Pure innovation is more gross than error.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Ignorance is the mother of admiration.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
Promise is most given when the least is said.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
They’re only truly great who are truly good.
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator