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Wit Without Money

Wit Without Money is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher, and first published in 1639.


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“Charity and treating begin at home.”

Scene 2.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

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“Let them learn first to show pity at home.”

Scene 2.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

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“Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.”

Act IV, scene 4.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

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“Whistle, and she'll come to you.”

Act IV, scene 4.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

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“He 'as had a stinger.”

Act IV, scene 1.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

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“Let the world slide.”

Act V, scene 2. Compare William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, introduction, scene 1, line 5. Also Scene 2, line 146. ("Slip" in folio).
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

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“Vow me no vows.”

Act IV, scene 4.
Wit Without Money (c. 1614; published 1639)

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