John Webster (c.1580 – c.1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.. English Jacobean dramatist
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With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat enough to be eaten. Go to Quote / Comment
I know death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exits. Go to Quote / Comment
Let guilty men remember, their black deeds Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. Go to Quote / Comment
Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop. Go to Quote / Comment
Vain ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind. Go to Quote / Comment