John Webster, Duchess of Malfi (1623), Act V, scene v.
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Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.
— John Webster on Dust
What It Means
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About John Webster
John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late contemporary of William Shakespeare. His tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage.
About John Webster
John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late contemporary of William Shakespeare. His tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage.
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