Drink
to-day, and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do 't to-morrow. John Fletcher The Bloody Brother, 2. 2
Best
while you have it use your breath,
There is no drinking after death. John Fletcher The Bloody Brother, 2. 2
And
he that will to bed go sober
Falls with the leaf still in October. John Fletcher The Bloody Brother, 2. 2
Come
landlord fill a flowing bowl until it does run over,
Tonight we will all merry be--tomorrow we'll get sober. John Fletcher The Bloody Brother, 2. 2
Three
merry boys, and three merry boys,
And three merry boys are we,
As ever did sing in a hempen string
Under the gallows tree. John Fletcher The Bloody Brother, 3. 2
Hide,
oh, hide those hills of snow
Which thy frozen bosom bears,
On whose tops the pinks that grow
Are of those that April wears!
But first set my poor heart free,
Bound in those icy chains by thee. John Fletcher The Bloody Brother, 5. 2
Something
given that way. John Fletcher The Lover's Progress, 1. 1
Deeds,
not words. John Fletcher The Lover's Progress, 3. 4
Death
hath so many doors to let out life. John Fletcher The Custom of the Country, 2. 2
Care-charming
Sleep, thou easer of all woes,
Brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose. John Fletcher The Tragedy of Valentinian, 5. 2
John
Fletcher - English dramatist. Born 1579. Died 1625.
Quotes of the Week - December 2, 2008:
"I go to bed at, like, 9.30 every night and I don't go out or anything.
I just feel like an old fart." -- Britney Spears discovers the true
meaning of being a parent.
"God and the devil: I got one on each shoulder." -- Brandon
Flowers, frontman of The Killers.
"Money can be a burden. That's why I got stressed last year. I had
a massive house that I couldn't control or clean." -- Carly Zucker,
24, girlfriend of Chelsea soccer player Joe Cole, speaking on 'I'm a Celebrity...Get
Me Out of Here!'
"He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family
silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house
as well." -- London Mayor Boris Johnson on UK PM Gordon Brown's high
borrowing budget.