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Nathaniel Lee
6 quotes
“Man, false man, smiling, destructive man!”
Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692) first seen 1680 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Theodosius, or the Force of Love (acted 1680), Act iii., Sc. 2.
“I called the world mad, and the world called me mad, and they outvoted me.”
Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692) said by 1692 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Possibly apocryphal remark to a visitor asking why he was incarcerated in Bedlam for five years; this is often misquoted as "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me." (c. 1987), but th…
“Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!”
Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692) first seen 1613 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act i., Sc. 3. "It would talk,— Lord! how it talked!", Beaumont and Fletcher, Scornful Lady (c. 1613; printed 1616), Act v., Sc. 1.
“Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace, That ’t is a kind of heaven to be deluded by him.”
Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692) said by 1692 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.”
Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692) said by 1692 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“’T is beauty calls, and glory shows the way.”
Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692) said by 1692 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source