Top 25 Quotes by George Farquhar of 38 - Page 2

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

Food, Sleep, Beer

'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 1, sc. 1

How a little love and good company improves a woman.

Women, Littles, Good Company

Mr. George Farquhar, Mr. Ambrose Philips, Nicholas Rowe (1720). “A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. XIII.”, p.66

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

George Farquhar

Believe, Belief, Ridicule

'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 3, sc. 1

'Tis a strange thing, Sam, that among us people can't agree the whole week, because they go different ways upon Sundays.

George Farquhar

Sunday, People, Atheism

George Farquhar (1772). “The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies”, p.24

Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so very fast that I'm sure it must be good.

George Farquhar

Latin, Be Good

'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 3, sc. 2

Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.

George Farquhar

Men, Feet, Promise

Since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little.

George Farquhar

Littles, Hearing, Ems

Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks / Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks / The founder's you; the table is this place / The carvers we; the prologue is the grace / Each act a course, each scene, a different dish.

George Farquhar

Play, Grace, Theatre

James Pocock, James Townley, David Garrick, George Farquhar, Nicholas Rowe (1818). “Hit Or Miss! A Musical Farce in Two Acts”

Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.

George Farquhar

Destiny, Knows

'The Recruiting Officer' (1706) act 3, sc. 2

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

George Farquhar

Journey, Names, Captains

John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1796). “British Theatre: Sir Harry Wildair”

Do you think a woman's silence can be natural?

George Farquhar

Thinking, Silence, Natural

Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.

George Farquhar

Men, Hearing, Modesty

William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.599