Samuel Foote Professions : Dramatist Born : January 27, 1720 Died : October 21, 1777 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Samuel Foote He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else. Samuel Foote excuse So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street pops its head into the shop. What! no soap? So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots. Samuel Foote cutting garden humorous For as the old saying is, Samuel Foote money land education One who preserves all the exterior decencies of ignorance. Samuel Foote pretension exterior ignorance Death and the dice level all distinctions. Samuel Foote dice distinction levels Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state. Samuel Foote microcosm talent states Born in a cellar, and living in a garret. Samuel Foote ancestry born life He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others. Samuel Foote He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others. Samuel Foote himself others only he When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent. Samuel Foote learning land gone house Similar Authors Brian Friel dramatist Antoine-Marin Lemierre dramatist Aphra Behn dramatist Arnold Wesker dramatist Armand Salacrou dramatist Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza dramatist All Authors