Beaumont and Fletcher

Beaumont and Fletcher were the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated in their writing during the reign of James I.

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• Great things thro' greatest
  hazards are achiev'd,
  And then they shine.
  • Loyal Subject

• It is always good
  When a man has two irons in the fire.
  • The Faithful Friends (c. 1608), Act I, sc. ii

• As cold as cucumbers.
  • Cupid's Revenge (1615), Act I, sc. i

• Kiss till the cow comes home.
  • Scornful Lady (1616), Act III, sc. i

• There is a method in man's wickedness—
  It grows up by degrees.
  • A King and No King (1619), Act V, sc. iv

• Upon my buried body lie lightly, gentle earth.
  • The Maid's Tragedy (1619), Act I, sc. ii

• Philaster: Oh, but thou dost not know
  What 'tis to die.
  Bellario: Yes, I do know, my lord:
  'Tis Less than to be born, a lasting sleep;
  A quiet resting from all jealousy
  A thing we all pursue; I know, besides,
  'Tis but a giving over of a game
  That must be lost.
  • Philaster (1620), Act III sc. ii

• The devil take the hindmost!
  • Philaster (1620), Act V

• Calamity is man's true touchstone.
  • Four Playsin One. The Triumph of Honor (1647), sc. i

• Though I say it that should not say it.
  • Wit at Several Weapons, Act II, sc. ii

• You are no better than you should be.
  • The Coxcomb, Act IV, scene iii

• I care not two-pence.
  • The Coxcomb, Act IV, scene iii