George Farquhar Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

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Necessity, the mother of invention.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

George Farquhar

Necessity, the mother of invention.

George Farquhar

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

George Farquhar

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

George Farquhar

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

George Farquhar

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

George Farquhar

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

George Farquhar

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

George Farquhar

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

George Farquhar

Spare all I have, and take my life.

George Farquhar

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

George Farquhar