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Francis Beaumont Quotes

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.
Francis Beaumont

Biography

Author Profession: Playwright
Nationality: English
Born: 1584
Died: 1616

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Bad's the best of us.
Francis Beaumont

But what is past my help is past my care.
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You are no better than you should be.
Francis Beaumont

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.
Francis Beaumont

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
Francis Beaumont

Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
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Words

Cunning, Deer, Envy, Fairest, Fattest, Flock, Fruit, Never, Out, Runs, Singles, Worm

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Cunning, Deer, Envy, Flock, Fruit, Never, Out, Singles, Worm