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Come live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove

The Complete Plays and Poems

Yet should there hover in their restless headsOne thought, one grace, one wonder at the least,Which ...

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Nay, could their numbers countervail the stars,Or ever-drizzling drops of April showers,Or wither'd ...

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Tamburlaine the Great

This tottered ensign of my ancestorsWhich swept the desert shore of that dead seaWhereof we got the ...

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YOUNG MORTIMER:Thou proud disturber of thy country's peace,Corrupter of thy king, cause of these bro...

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Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hel...

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Dr. Faustus

Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good willmy soul do thy lord?Mephistopheles: Enlarg...

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The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike

Hell is just a frame of mind.

Dr. Faustus

What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?

Mephistopheles: Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it.Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of GodA...

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Mephistopheles: Within the bowels of these elements,Where we are tortured and remain forever.Hell ha...

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Think'st thou heaven is such a glorious thing?I tell thee, 'tis not so fair as thouOr any man that b...

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Dr. Faustus

FAUSTUS. [Stabbing his arm.] Lo, Mephistophilis, for love of thee,I cut mine arm, and with my proper...

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Dr. Faustus

O, thou art fairer than the evening air     Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars;     Brighter art...

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Thus Time, and all-states-ordering CeremonyHad banished all offense: Time’s golden thighUpholds the ...

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Complete Poems and Translations

What virtue is it that is born with us?Much less can honor be ascribed thereto,Honor is purchased by...

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Complete Poems and Translations

I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.

Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen...

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Heaven, envious of our joys, is waxen pale; And when we whisper, then the stars fall down To be part...

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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?

But what are kings, when regiment is gone,But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?- Edward II, 5.1

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, ...

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To undo a Jew is charity and not sin.

And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies.

Come live with me and be my love And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys groves or hil...

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Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.

Accursed be he that first invented war.

What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?

I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.

Virtue is the fount whence honor springs.

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.

O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.

Tush! These are trifles and mere old wives' tales.

He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall.

Doctor Faustus

I am Envy, begotten of a chimney-sweeper and an oyster-wife. I cannot read, and therefore wish all b...

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Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.

Doctor Faustus

Make me immortal with a kiss.

Doctor Faustus and Other Plays

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Christopher Marlowe

Dramatist

Born: 1564-02-06

Died: 1593-05-30

Christopher Marlowe (c. 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.More