“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust,
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.”
Act V, scene v.
Duchess of Malfi (1623)
Act I, scene ii. Compare: "To public feasts, where meet a public rout,— Where they that are without would fain go in, And they that are within would fain go out", John Davies, Contention betwixt a Wife, etc.
The White Devil (1612)
“Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.”
Act IV, scene 4. Compare Distance.
The White Devil (1612)
“Glories, like glowworms, afar off shine bright,
But looked to near have neither heat nor light.”
Act IV, scene ii.
Duchess of Malfi (1623)