“Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast.”
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer
Epicene, or The Silent Woman (1609), Act I, scene i; a translation from Bonnefonius
“What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice,
Of Attic taste?”
To Mr. Lawrence
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English epic poet 1608–1674Related quotes
XV. 398–401 (tr. Alexander Pope).
E. V. Rieu's translation:
: Meanwhile let us two, here in the hut, over our food and wine, regale ourselves with the unhappy memories that each can recall. For a man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far can enjoy even his sufferings after a time.
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
David Garrick (1717–1779) English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer
Epigram on Goldsmith’s Retaliation. Vol. ii. p. 157. Compare: "God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat", Thomas Tusser, A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557); "God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks", John Taylor, Works, vol. ii. p. 85 (1630).
François Fénelon (1651–1715) Catholic bishop
Nous verrons à sa lumière, dans l'éternité, que ce que nous désirions nous eût été funeste, et que ce que nous voulions éviter était essentiel à notre bonheur.
Instructions et avis sur divers points de la morale et de la perfection chrétienne, ch. 18, cited from Œuvres de Fénelon (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1845) vol. 1, p. 325; translation from Selections from the Writings of Fénelon (Boston: Samuel G. Simpkins, 1844) p. 82.
“An attic’s the afterlife of a house,” said Otille, opening the door. “Or so my mother used to say.”
Lucius Shepard book Green Eyes
Source: Green Eyes (1984), Chapter 15, p. 201
D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) Indian writer
A Kagga {Quatrian) of Verse 752 of Manku Thimmana Kagga in page=217
The Wisdom Of Vasistha A Study On Laghu Yoga Vasistha From A Seeker`S Point Of View
Abbott Eliot Kittredge (1834–1912) American minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 372.
“Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.”
George Farquhar (1677–1707) Irish dramatist
The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707), Bon, Act i, Sc. 1.