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“If we say that we have no sin,
We deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us.
Why then belike we must sin,
And so consequently die.
Ay, we must die an everlasting death.”

Christopher Marlowe The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

Source: Dr. Faustus

“Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit,
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,
And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.”

Christopher Marlowe

Source: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus

“What should a priest do with so fair a house?
A prison may best beseem his holiness.”

Christopher Marlowe

Gaveston, Act I, scene i, lines 204–205
Edward II (c. 1592)

“p>Come live with me and be my Love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
Or woods or steepy mountain yields.And we will sit upon the rocks,
And see the shepherds feed their flocks
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies.”

Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (unknown date), stanzas 1 and 2. Compare: "To shallow rivers, to whose falls / Melodious birds sings madrigals; / There will we make our peds of roses, / And a thousand fragrant posies", William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act iii. scene i. (Sung by Evans.)

“Pray for me! and what noise soever ye hear, come not unto me, for nothing can rescue me.”

Christopher Marlowe The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

Faustus, Act V, scene ii, lines 57–58
Doctor Faustus (c. 1603)

“What strange arts necessity finds out.”

Christopher Marlowe

Venus, Act I, scene i, line 169
Dido (c. 1586)

“My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns,
Shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay.”

Christopher Marlowe

Gaveston, Act I, scene i, lines 57–58
Edward II (c. 1592)

“I'm armed with more than complete steel,—
The justice of my quarrel.”

Christopher Marlowe

Lust's Dominion (c. 1600), Act iii. scene 4. Compare: "Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted", William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Act iii. scene 2.
Misattributed

“Religion
Hides many mischiefs from suspicion.”

Christopher Marlowe The Jew of Malta

Barabas, Act I, scene ii
The Jew of Malta (c. 1589)

“My swelling heart for very anger breaks.”

Christopher Marlowe

King Edward, Act II, scene ii, line 197
Edward II (c. 1592)

“A pleasant-smiling cheek, a speaking eye,
A brow for love to banquet royally.”

Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander

First Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)

“You sons of care, companions of my course!”

Christopher Marlowe

Aeneas, Act I, scene i, line 142
Dido (c. 1586)

“All women are ambitious naturally.”

Christopher Marlowe book Hero and Leander

First Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)

“And let these tears, distilling from mine eyes,
Be proof of my grief and innocency.”

Christopher Marlowe

Mortimer, Act V, scene vi, line 100
Edward II (c. 1592)