Quotes by Francis Beaumont

Francis Beaumont

English writer and poet

Category: Poets (Contemporary) | Writers (Contemporary)

Lived from: 1584-1616

• Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.

  Francis Beaumont

  English writer and poet 1584-1616

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• Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

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  English writer and poet 1584-1616

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• It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

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  English writer and poet 1584-1616

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• Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.

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  English writer and poet 1584-1616

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• Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.

  Francis Beaumont

  English writer and poet 1584-1616

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• The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

  Francis Beaumont

  English writer and poet 1584-1616

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• There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.

  Francis Beaumont

  English writer and poet 1584-1616

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