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Thomas Nashe
17 quotes
“What is Logicke but the highe waie to wrangling, contayning in it a world of bibble babble. Neede we anie of your Greeke, Latine, Hebrue, or anie such gibbrige, when wee have the word of God in English?”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1590 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Almond for a Parrot (1590)
“Evermore mayst thou be canonized as the Nonparreille of impious epistlers.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1592 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Four Letters (1592)
“The Sun shineth as well on the good as the bad: God from on high beholdeth all the workers of iniquity, as well as the upright of heart.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1593 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Christ's Tears over Jerusalem (1593)
“O, 'tis a precious apophthegmatical pedant who will find matter enough to dilate a whole day of the first invention of “Fy, fa, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1596 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Have with You to Saffron-Walden (1596)
“Dreaming is no other than groaning, while sleep our surgeon hath us in cure.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A dream is nothing else but the echo of our conceits in the day.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A dream is nothing else but a bubbling scum or froth of the fancy, which the day hath left undigested; or an after-feast made of the fragments of idle imaginations.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fair Summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore: So fair a summer look for never more. All good things vanish, less than in a day, Peace, plenty, pleasure, suddenly decay. Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year; The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant King, Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing, Cuckoo, jug, jug, pu wee, to witta woo!”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fields breath sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Blest is that government where no art thrives.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1425 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1425
“Adieu, farewell earth’s bliss, This world uncertain is, Fond are life’s lustful joys, Death proves them all but toys, None from his darts can fly; I am sick, I must die: Lord, have mercy on us.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1574 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1574–1580 ("In Time of Pestilence, 1593", st. 1)
“Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1588 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1588–1589 ("In Time of Pestilence, 1593", st. 3)
“Brightness falls from the air, Queens have died young and fair, Dust hath closed Helen's eye. I am sick, I must die: Lord, have mercy on us.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1590 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1590–1594 ("In Time of Pestilence, 1593", st. 3)
“Strength stoops unto the grave, Worms feed on Hector brave, Swords may not fight with fate, Earth still holds ope her gate. Come, come, the bells do cry. I am sick, I must die.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) first seen 1593 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1595–1600 ("In Time of Pestilence, 1593", st. 4)
“From winter, plague, and pestilence, good Lord, deliver us.”
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) said by 1601 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1878