Christopher Marlowe quotes

Christopher Marlowe was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. His works influenced the development of English drama and inspired writers such as William Shakespeare. He is also remembered for his mysterious and untimely death. Here are 75 of his quotes:

Our swords shall play the orators for us. (Christopher Marlowe)
Accurst be he that first invented war. View quote
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While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position. View quote
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Above our life we love a steadfast friend. View quote
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Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. View quote
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I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance. View quote
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It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate. View quote
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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight? View quote
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Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be. View quote
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All women are ambitious naturallie. View quote
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What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day? (Christopher Marlowe)
What feeds me destroys me. View quote
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All live to die, and rise to fall. View quote
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O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars. View quote
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When all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All place shall be hell that is not heaven. View quote
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I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel. View quote
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Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistopheles! View quote
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Religion hides many mischiefs from suspicion. View quote
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Thou hast committed- Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead. View quote
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Why should you love him whom the world hates so? Because he love me more than all the world. View quote
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He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall. (Christopher Marlowe)
All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial. View quote
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Make me immortal with a kiss. View quote
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Love me little, love me long. View quote
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My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns, Shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay. View quote
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Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe - Image
Occupation: English Dramatist
Born: January 27, 1564
Died: May 30, 1593
Quotes count: 75
Wikipedia: Christopher Marlowe

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