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About Beaumont and Fletcher

Beaumont and Fletcher were the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated in their writing during the reign of James I. Their collaboration was so well regarded that works individually authored by either are sometimes errantly reported as having been by the collaboration. These include later collaborations by Fletcher with Nathan Field and Philip Massinger.

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“As cold as cucumbers.”
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“I care not two-pence.”
“After supper walk a mile.”
“Hit the nail on the head.”
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“My dancing days are done.”
“A soul as white as Heaven.”
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“The devil take the hindmost!”
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“Beggars must be no choosers.”
“Kiss till the cow comes home.”
“Calamity is man's true touchstone.”
“He went away with a flea in 's ear.”
“Silken rest
Tie all thy cares up!”
“You are no better than you should be.”
“It would talk,— Lord! how it talked!”
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“I find the medicine worse than the malady.”
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“Thou will scarce be a man before thy mother.”
“To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.”
“It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.”
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“Upon my buried body lie lightly, gentle earth.”
“But they that are above
Have ends in everything.”
“It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.”
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“'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.”
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“What's one man's poison, signor,
Is another's meat or drink.”
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“Nature too unkind;
That made no medicine for a troubled mind!”
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“All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.”

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Beaumont and Fletcher on English proverbs (alphabetically by proverb) 5 quotes

“As cold as cucumbers.”
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Beaumont and Fletcher on Kissing 2 quotes

“Kiss till the cows come home.”
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Beaumont and Fletcher on X me no Xs

“Vow me no vows.”

Beaumont and Fletcher on Vows

“Vow me no vows.”

Beaumont and Fletcher on World

“Let the world slide.”
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Beaumont and Fletcher on Worth

“I care not twopence.”

Beaumont and Fletcher on Dance

“My dancing days are done.”
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Beaumont and Fletcher on Weeds

“Great weeds do grow apace.”

Beaumont and Fletcher on Soul

“A soul as white as Heaven.”
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Beaumont and Fletcher on Rest

“Silken rest Tie all thy cares up!”

Beaumont and Fletcher on Hunger

“Hunger is sharper than the sword.”
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Beaumont and Fletcher on Misfortune

“Calamity is man's true touch-stone.”

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Beaumont and Fletcher on Women 3 quotes

“Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure You credit anything the light gives life to Before a man.”
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Beaumont and Fletcher on George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

“Make my breast Transparent as pure crystal, that the world, Jealous of me, may see the foulest thought My heart holds.”

About Beaumont and Fletcher

Beaumont and Fletcher were the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated in their writing during the reign of James I. Their collaboration was so well regarded that works individually authored by either are sometimes errantly reported as having been by the collaboration. These include later collaborations by Fletcher with Nathan Field and Philip Massinger.