Isaac Bickerstaffe

Isaac Bickerstaffe (26 September 1733 – 1812?) was an Irish playwright who arrived in London in 1755 and produced many successful comedies and opera librettos. Quotes thumb|right|250px|"Young fellows will be young fellows". Hope! thou nurse of young desire. Love in a Village (1762), Act i, scene 1. There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the river Dee;He worked and sung from morn till night: No lark more blithe than he. Love in a Village (1762), Act i, scene 2. And this the burden of his song Forever used to be,—I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me. Love in a Village (1762), Act i, scene 2. Compare: "If naebody care for me, I'll care for naebody", Robert Burns, I hae a Wife o' my Ain; "I envy none, no, no, not I, And no one envies me", Charles Mackay, The King and the Miller. Young fellows will be young fellows. Love in a Village (1762), Act ii, scene 2. 'Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it. The Maide of the Mill (1765), Act i, scene 1. By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above five-and-twenty. The Maide of the Mill (1765), Act i, scene 2. Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds. The Padlock (1768). Ay, do despise me! I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised. The Hypocrite (1768), Act v, scene 1. Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,But - why did you kick me downstairs? An Expostulation (1789). Health is the greatest of all possessions; a pale cobbler is better than a sick king. Reported in Tryon Edwards, A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908), p. 221. External links Category:Playwrights from Ireland Category:People from Dublin Category:1812 deaths Category:LGBT people