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About Charles Maturin

Charles Robert Maturin (25 September 1782 – 30 October 1824), also known as C.R. Maturin, was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained by the Church of Ireland) and a writer of gothic plays and novels.

Born: September 25th, 1782

Died: October 30th, 1824

Categories: Clergy, Irish novelists, Irish playwrights, 1820s deaths

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They waste life in what are called good resolutions—partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.
Charles Maturin
• Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 384.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Charles Maturin" (Sourced)
A malady Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.
O wretched is the dame, to whom the sound, "Your lord will soon return," no pleasure brings.
'Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; 'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.

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