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Quotes by David Garrick
Himself. Here lies Nolly Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll, Who wrote like an angel, and talked like poor Poll. S.— filed under And Cared Not How It Blew
Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.— filed under Gambling
Moore's Gamester. Our Quixote bard sets out a monster taming. Arm'd at all points to fight that hydra, gaming.— filed under Gambling
Moore's Gamester. Shake off the shackles of this tyrant vice; Hear other calls than those of cards and dice: Be learn'd in nobler arts than arts of play; And other debts than those of honour pay.— filed under Gambling
Their cause I plead-plead it in heart and mind; A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.— filed under Kindness
or, The Way to Win Him. Prologue. Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.— filed under Observation
Tragedy of Virginia. Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse, As undertakers walk before the hearse.— filed under Observation
Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.— filed under Occupations-Cabinet-Making
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.— filed under Slavery
Lecture I. Let others hail the rising sun : I bow to that whose course is run.— filed under Admiration
Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.— filed under Amusements
Subjects. Education. Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men.— filed under Character