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A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.
John Webster

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Author Profession: Playwright
Nationality: English
Born: 1578
Died: 1634

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Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.
John Webster

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
John Webster

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
John Webster

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.
John Webster

Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop.
John Webster

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
John Webster

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