Sir Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet

Sir Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet (c. 1615 – 26 January 1674, in Somerset House, London) was an English officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War and a notable playwright. Quotes The Adventures of Five Hours (1663) He is a fool who thinks by force or skillTo turn the current of a woman's will. Act 5, sc. 3, l. 483 A fop? In this brave, licentious age To bring his musty morals on the stage? Rhime us to reason? and our lives redress In metre, as Druids did the savages. Act 5 Friendship's an empty name, made to deceive Those whose good nature tempts them to believe: There's no such thing on earth; the best that we Can hope for here is faint neutrality. He ought not to pretend to friendship's name, Who reckons not himself and friend the same. Happiness is a stranger to mankind, And, like to a forc'd motion, it is ever Strongest at the beginning; then languishing With time, grows weary of our company. He, who the rules of temperance neglects, From a good cause may produce vile effects. For 'tis not where we lie, but whence we fell;The loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell. External links Category:1674 deaths Category:Playwrights from England Category:Translators from England Category:Fellows of the Royal Society