Thomas Shadwell Quotes

• Every man loves what he is good at.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Inspirational, Work, Men

  'A True Widow' (1679) act 5, sc. 1

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• The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Fools Day, Haste, World

  'A True Widow' (1679) act 3, sc. 1

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• Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Art, May, Language

  'Psyche' (1675) act 3

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• No man is happy but by comparison.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Happiness, Men, Comparison

  Thomas Shadwell (1966). “The Virtuoso”, p.53, U of Nebraska Press

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• Hope is a very thin diet.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Hope, Diets

  Thomas Shadwell, Sir John Shadwell (1720). “The squire of Alsatia. Bury fair. The amorous bigot. The scowrers. The volunteers”, p.176

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• I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Fishing, Water, Fishes

  Thomas Shadwell (1927). “The complete works of Thomas Shadwell”

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