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Charles Maturin
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“A malady Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.”
Charles Maturin (1782–1824) first seen 1816 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bertram (first staged May 9, 1816), Act IV, scene 2.
“O wretched is the dame, to whom the sound, "Your lord will soon return," no pleasure brings.”
Charles Maturin (1782–1824) first seen 1816 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bertram (first staged May 9, 1816), Act II, scene 5.
“'Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; 'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.”
Charles Maturin (1782–1824) first seen 1816 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Motto to "Bertram," produced at Drury Lane, 1816.
“They waste life in what are called good resolutions—partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.”
Charles Maturin (1782–1824) said by 1824 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 384.