John Harington Quotes

• Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason.

  John Harington

  History, Cynical, Politics

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• Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any.

  John Harington

  Men, Giving, Too Much

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• Best fishing in troubled waters.

  John Harington

  Fishing, Water, Troubled Waters

  "Orlando Furioso". 1591.

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• A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.

  John Harington

  Lying, Fall, Men

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• When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

  John Harington

  Cooking, Guests, Praise

  'Epigrams' (1618) bk. 1, no. 5 'Against Writers that Carp at Other Men's Books'

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• The readers and the hearers like my books,
  And yet some writers cannot them digest;
  But what care I? for when I make a feast,
  I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

  John Harington

  Book, Criticism, Care

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• Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing;
  Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing.

  John Harington

  Beautiful, Strong, Wine

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• From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?]

  John Harington

  Honesty, Doctors, Way

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