William Davenant quotes

Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know. (William Davenant)
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. View quote
William Davenant
The assembled souls of all that men held wise. View quote
William Davenant
For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke; His hooke was such as heads the end of pole To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole; The hook was baited with a dragon's tale,- And then on rock he stood to bob for whale. View quote
William Davenant
Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off. View quote
William Davenant
Anger is blood, poured and perplexed into froth; but malice is the wisdom of our wrath. View quote
William Davenant
How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! it makes felicity in others seem deformed. View quote
William Davenant
All jealousy must be strangled in its birth. View quote
William Davenant
Honor is the moral conscience of the great. View quote
William Davenant
Ambition is the mind's immodesty. View quote
William Davenant