George Farquhar Quotes

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

George Farquhar



Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

George Farquhar



Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

George Farquhar



Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

George Farquhar



I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

George Farquhar



I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

George Farquhar



Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

George Farquhar



Necessity, the mother of invention.

George Farquhar



Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

George Farquhar



Spare all I have, and take my life.

George Farquhar



There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

George Farquhar



There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

George Farquhar



Those who know the least obey the best.

George Farquhar



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



We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

George Farquhar



When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

George Farquhar