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Shackerley Marmion
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“Great joys, like griefs, are silent.”
Shackerley Marmion (1603–1639) first seen 1632 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Holland's Leaguer (1632) act 5, sc. 1
“Which of the nymphs or muses is his joy? Who has inveigled the ingenious boy?”
Shackerley Marmion (1603–1639) first seen 1637 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Legend of Cupid and Psyche (1637)
“Oh! that I were a veil upon that face, To hide it from the world! Methinks I could Envy the very sun for gazing on you!”
Shackerley Marmion (1603–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tell me what you find better, or more honourable than age. Is not wisdom entail'd upon it? Take the pre-eminence of it in every thing; in an old friend, in old wine, in an old pedigree.”
Shackerley Marmion (1603–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Slightly altered in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) p. 171, note: "What find you better or more honourable than age? Take the preheminence of it in everything, — in an old friend, in old wine, in an old …