Christopher Marlowe Quotes

1564–1593, British Dramatist, Poet · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”
VerifiedFirst Sestiad. The same statement occurs in As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare, and a similar one in The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596) by George Chapman. · evidenceDetails & citeLove
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“Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd In one self place; but where we are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be.”
VerifiedDoctor Faustus (c. 1603), Mephistopheles, Act II, scene i, line 118 · evidenceDetails & citeHell
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“All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.”
Burial
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“Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?”
Glory
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“What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?”
Kings
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“That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.”
Leaders and Leadership
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“O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”
Beauty
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“You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.”
Astrology
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“Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?”
Faces
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“Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?”
Love At First Sight
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“Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.”
Ambition
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