Thomas Nabbes

Thomas Nabbes (1605 – buried 6 April 1641) was an English dramatist. Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917) Quotes reported in: Charles Noel Douglas, Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917) It is the curse of greatnessTo be its own destruction. Philosophy, religious solitudeAnd labour wait on temperance; in theseDesire is bounded; they instruct the mind’sAnd body’s action. Treachery oft lurksIn compliments. You have sent so many postsOf undertakings, they outride performance;And make me think your fair pretences aimAt some intended ill, which my preventionMust strive to avert. What can we not endure,When pains are lessen’d by the hope of cure? Fortitude is not the appetite of formidable things, nor inconsult rashness; but virtue fighting for a truth, derived from knowledge of distinguishing good or bad causes. It is, indeed, a blessing, when the virtues of noble races are hereditary; and do derive themselves from the imitation of virtuous ancestors. There’s not so much danger in a known foe as a suspected friend. External links Category:1605 births Category:1641 deaths Category:Playwrights from England Category:University of Oxford alumni