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George Colman the Elder Quotes

I vow and protest there's more plague than pleasure with a secret.

I vow and protest there's more plague than pleasure with a secret.

George Colman the Elder
Secret, Pleasure, Vow
David Garrick, George Colman, the elder (1995). “The Clandestine Marriage”, p.46, Broadview Press

And what 's impossible can't be, And never, never comes to pass.

George Colman the Elder
Impossible, Impossibility

Love and a cottage! Eh, Fanny! Ah, give me indifference and a coach and six!

George Colman the Elder
Home, Giving, House
The Clandestine Marriage act 1 (1766).

Oh how will crime engender crime! throw guilt Upon the soul, and like a stone cast on The troubled waters of a lake, 'Twill form in circles round succeeding round; Each wider than the first.

George Colman the Elder
Lakes, Circles, Water

Life's a lottery, and man should make up his mind to the blanks.

George Colman the Elder
Men, Mind, Should

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