Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistopheles! Christopher Marlowe More Quotes by Christopher Marlowe More Quotes From Christopher Marlowe What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day? Christopher Marlowe sunshine kings perfect It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all. Christopher Marlowe companionship miserable comfort Why should you love him whom the world hates so? Because he love me more than all the world. Christopher Marlowe hate should world Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell. Christopher Marlowe fool earth laughing Ah fair Zenocrate, divine Zenocrate, Fair is too foul an epithet for thee. Christopher Marlowe epithet divinity divine My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns, / Shall with their goat-feet dance an antic hay. Christopher Marlowe dance feet men Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow. Christopher Marlowe self wings heaven He must have a long spoon that eats with the devil. Christopher Marlowe spoons devil long O soul, be changed into little waterdrops, / And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found! Christopher Marlowe ocean soul fall FAUSTUS. Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistophilis. By him I'll be great emperor of the world, And make a bridge thorough the moving air, To pass the ocean with a band of men; I'll join the hills that bind the Afric shore, And make that country continent to Spain, And both contributory to my crown: The Emperor shall not live but by my leave, Nor any potentate of Germany. Now that I have obtain'd what I desir'd, I'll live in speculation of this art, Till Mephistophilis return again. Christopher Marlowe stars country art Lone women, like to empty houses, perish. Christopher Marlowe empty women house Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent. Christopher Marlowe violent violence heard Confess and be hanged. Christopher Marlowe More childish valorous than manly wise. Christopher Marlowe manly wise Live and die in Aristotle's works. Christopher Marlowe dies All places shall be hell that are not heaven. Christopher Marlowe faustus hell heaven Virtue is the fount whence honour springs. Christopher Marlowe virtue keys spring I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. Christopher Marlowe envy wish book Goodness is beauty in the best estate. Christopher Marlowe ethics goodness beauty He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall. Christopher Marlowe faustus pleasure fall
