John Webster Quotes About Sin

Quotes about: Sin

• A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

  John Webster

  Fashion, Blow, Political

  1623 The Duchess of Malfi, act 3, sc.2.

• Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

  John Webster

  Children, Sorrow, Sin

  John Webster (1830). “The Works of John Webster: Now First Collected”, p.316

• Are you grown an atheist? Will you turn your body, Which is the goodly palace of the soul, To the soul's slaughter-house? Oh, the curse' d devil, Which doth present us with all other sins Thrice-candied o'er.

  John Webster

  Atheist, House, Soul

  1612 The White Devil, act 5, sc.6.

• Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.

  John Webster

  Running, Fire, Light

  1612 The White Devil, act 5, sc.6.

• Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.

  John Webster

  Blood, Water, Heaven

  John Webster, John Russell Brown (1997). “The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster”, p.8, Manchester University Press

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