John Denham: Likeness

John Denham was English poet and courtier. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
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“Ambition is like love, impatient
Both of delays and rivals.”

The Sophy: A Tragedy, Act I, scene ii.

“We're ne'er like angels till our passion dies.”

Not by Denham, as often stated, but by Thomas Dekker. It is in his The Honest Whore Part 2, Act I, scene 2.
Misattributed

“Actions o' th' last age are like almanacks o' th' last year.”

The Sophy: A Tragedy (1642), Act I, scene ii.