George Farquhar Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the irish dramatist George Farquhar on topics like matrimony, fall, love

  • Those who know the least obey the best.

    — George Farquhar on obedience
    29
  • Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

    — George Farquhar on poetry
    3
  • I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

    — George Farquhar on alcoholalcoholism
    2
  • Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

    — George Farquhar on profanity
    2
  • I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

    — George Farquhar on ridicule
    1
  • Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

    — George Farquhar on money
    1
  • When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into -- matrimony.

    — George Farquhar on marriage
    1
  • There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

    — George Farquhar on poverty
    0
  • Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

    — George Farquhar on captain
    0
  • When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

    — George Farquhar on blind
    0
  • We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

    — George Farquhar on teaching
    0
  • Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

    — George Farquhar on crime
    0
  • About George Farquhar

    Name George Farquhar
    Quotes 14 quotations
    Nationality Irish
    Profession Dramatist
    Birthday October 16
    Top topics matrimony, fall, love, lead, blind
  • Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.

    — George Farquhar on women
    0
  • We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

    — George Farquhar on adventure
    0
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