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Quotes by Sir John Harrington
Epilogue. Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them. The author might often reply: Is that my fault? J. C. and A. W. HARE-Guesses at Truth. The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.— filed under Criticism
Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any.— filed under Fortune
A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,- True but for lying, -honest but for stealing, - Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.— filed under Occupations-Tailoring
He bought a Bible of the new translation, And in his life he show'd great reformation; He walked mannerly and talkèd meekly; He heard three lectures and two sermons weekly; He vow'd to shun all companions unruly, And in his speech he used no oath but "truly;" And zealously to keep the Sabbath's rest.— filed under Reformation
The Traitor. Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.— filed under Treason