Quotes by Marlowe, Christopher

"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?"

Marlowe, Christopher on faces   

"Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds."

Marlowe, Christopher on ambition   

"Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?"

Marlowe, Christopher on glory   

"Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd one self place; for where we are is Hell, and where Hell is, there must we ever be."

Marlowe, Christopher on hell
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"What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?"

Marlowe, Christopher on kings   

"That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown."

Marlowe, Christopher on leadership   

"Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove."

Marlowe, Christopher on living together
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"Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?"

Marlowe, Christopher on love
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"Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?"

Marlowe, Christopher on love   

"You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell."

Marlowe, Christopher on astrology   

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

Marlowe, Christopher on religion   

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

Marlowe, Christopher on beauty   

"All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial."

Marlowe, Christopher on burial