Quote#Humour & Wit
From thousands of our undone widows
Quote byThomas Middleton · 1580–1627
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Trick to catch the Old One (1605), Act i. Sc. 2. Compare: "Some undone widow sits upon mine arm", Philip Massinger, A New Way to pay Old Debts, act v. sc. 1..
English (original)
From thousands of our undone widows One may derive some wit.
— Thomas Middleton
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That disease Of which all old men sicken,—avarice.
Beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes.
’Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift.
Wilt make haste to give up thy verdict because thou wilt not lose thy dinner.
In spite of my teeth.
How many honest words have suffered corruption since Chaucer’s days!