List of George Farquhar Quotes

Spite Of All Modesty, A Man Must Own A Pleasure In The Hearing Of His Praise.

Do You Think A Woman's Silence Can Be Natural?

Captain Is A Good Travelling Name And So I Take It.

Tis A Question Whether Adversity Or Prosperity Makes The Most Poets.

How A Little Love And Good Company Improves A Woman.

Aimwell: Then You Understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, As The Saying Is, But He Talks It So Very Fast That I'm Sure It Must Be Good.

Hanging And Marriage, You Know, Go By Destiny.

'tis A Strange Thing, Sam, That Among Us People Can't Agree The Whole Week, Because They Go Different Ways Upon Sundays.

Women Never Really Command Until They Have Given Their Promise To Obey; And They Are Never In More Danger Of Being Made Slaves Than When The Men Are At Their Feet.

Like Hungry Guests, A Sitting Audience Looks / Plays Are Like Suppers; Poets Are The Cooks / The Founder's You; The Table Is This Place / The Carvers We; The Prologue Is The Grace / Each Act A Course, Each Scene, A Different Dish.

I Believe They Talked Of Me, For They Laughed Consumedly.

Since A Woman Must Wear Chains, I Would Have The Pleasure Of Hearing 'em Rattle A Little.