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Thomas Heywood
6 quotes
“With this kiss I wed thee once again.”
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641) first seen 1607 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Woman Killed with Kindness (1607), Frank, sc. 16.
“The world’s a theatre, the earth a stage Which God and Nature do with actors fill.”
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641) first seen 1612 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Apology for Actors, (1612). Compare: "The world's a stage on which all parts are played", Thomas Middleton, A Game of Chess (1624), Act v. Sc. 1.; "All the world ’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players", Sh…
Also quoted by: Philip Massinger
“Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen.”
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641) first seen 1546 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: History of Women (ed. 1624), p. 286. Compare: "He ruleth all the roste", John Skelton, Why Come ye not to Courte (published c. 1550), Line 198; "Rule the rost", John Heywood, Proverbs (1546) part i. chap. v.; "Rules the…
Also quoted by: Philip Massinger
“I hold he loves me best that calls me Tom.”
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641) first seen 1635 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells (1635).
Also quoted by: Philip Massinger
“Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head.”
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641) first seen 1635 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells (1635). Compare: "Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report sometimes he did 'go from door to door and sing ballads, with a company of boys about him", Robert Burton, An…
Also quoted by: Philip Massinger
“Pack, clouds, away! and welcome, day! With night we banish sorrow. Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft To give my Love good-morrow! Wings from the wind to please her mind, Notes from the lark I'll borrow: Bird, prune thy wing! nightingale, sing!”
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641) said by 1641 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source