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Samuel Foote Quotes

He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else.

He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else.

Samuel Foote
Excuse
William Cooke, Samuel Foote (1806). “Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq: With a Collection of His Genuine Bon-mots, Anecdotes, Opinions, &c., Mostly Original, and Three of His Dramatic Pieces Not Published in His Works : in Two Volumes”, p.179

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street pops its head into the shop. What! no soap? So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.

Samuel Foote
Humorous, Cutting, Garden
Quoted in Maria Edgeworth, Harry and Lucy (1825).

Death and the dice level all distinctions.

Samuel Foote
Levels, Dice, Distinction
Samuel Foote (1760). “The Minor: A Comedy. Written by Mr. Foote. As it is Now Acting at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. ...”, p.39

For as the old saying is, When house and land are gone and spent Then learning is most excellent.

Samuel Foote
Education, Money, Land
Samuel Foote (1797). “The Dramatic Works: Of Samuel Foote, Esq. To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author. In Two Volumes. ...”, p.14

One who preserves all the exterior decencies of ignorance.

Samuel Foote
Ignorance, Exterior, Pretension

Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state.

Samuel Foote
Talent, States, Microcosm
Samuel Foote (1799). “The works of Samuel Foote, esq. ...”, p.243

Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.

Samuel Foote
Life, Ancestry, Born
'The Author' (1757) act 2

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