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Thomas Southerne
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“Pity's akin to love.”
Thomas Southerne (1660–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Oroonoka, Act ii, scene 1; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love / Pity's the straightest", John Fletcher, The Knight of Malta, Act i, scen…
“Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er made a man.”
Thomas Southerne (1660–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sir Anthony Love, Act ii, scene 1; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better", William Wycherley, The Plai…
“And when we're worn, Hack’d, hewn with constant service, thrown aside To rust in peace, or rot in hospitals.”
Thomas Southerne (1660–1746) first seen 1682 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1682), Act i.