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Cyril Tourneur
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“A drunkard clasp his teeth and not undo 'em, To suffer wet damnation to run through 'em.”
Cyril Tourneur (1575–1626) first seen 1607 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Revenger's Tragedy (1607), Act III. Sc. 1. Compare: "Distilled damnation", Robert Hall (in Gregory's Life of Hall).
Also quoted by: Sir Philip Sidney
“joy's a subtle elf, I think man's happiest when he forgets himself.”
Cyril Tourneur (1575–1626) first seen 1607 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Revenger's Tragedy (1607), Act IV. Sc. 4.