1669

Explore 5 quotes from the year 1669

Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Speaker

Damilcar

Author

John Dryden

Source

Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

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Original Citation

Dryden, John. Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr. Performed by Nell Gwyn and Margaret Hughes and Michael Mohun and Charles Hart and Rebecca Marshall and William Cartwright. King's Company, 1669, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Tyrannick Love." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Maximillian E. Nozak and George R. Guffey. Vol. 10, University of California, 1970.

One is easily fooled by that which one loves.

Molière

Tartuffe

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Topic

Delusion Being in love

Speaker

Elmire

Author

Molière

Source

Tartuffe

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

French

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Moliere. Le Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur [Tartuffe or the Impostor]. 5 Feb. 1669, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, act 4, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Moliere. "Tartuffe." The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays, translated by Maya Slater. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 4, sc. 3.

It is public scandal that constitutes offence, and to sin in secret is not to sin at all.

Molière

Tartuffe

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Topic

Moral theory Morality

Speaker

Tartuffe

Author

Molière

Source

Tartuffe

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

French

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Moliere. Le Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur [Tartuffe or the Impostor]. 5 Feb. 1669, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, act 4, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Moliere. "Tartuffe." The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays, translated by Maya Slater. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 4, sc. 5.

One should eat to live, and not live to eat.

Molière

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Topic

Gluttony Food

Speaker

Valere

Author

Molière

Source

Thie Miser

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

French

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Moliere. L'Avare [The Miser]. 9 Sept. 1668, Theatre of the Palais-Royal, Paris, act 3, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Moliere. "The Miser." The Miser and Other Plays, translated by David Coward and John Wood. Penguin Classics, 2000, act 3, sc. 5.

And he who servilely creeps after sense,
Is safe, but ne'er will reach an Excellence.

John Dryden

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Topic

Playing it safe Taking risks Success

Author

John Dryden

Source

Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dryden, John. Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr. Performed by Nell Gwyn and Margaret Hughes and Michael Mohun and Charles Hart and Rebecca Marshall and William Cartwright. King's Company, 1669, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, prologue.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Tyrannick Love." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Maximillian E. Nozak and George R. Guffey. Vol. 10, University of California, 1970, prologue.