Quote#Wisdom
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships
Quote byChristopher Marlowe · 1564–1593
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Doctor Faustus (c. 1603), Faustus, Act V, scene i, lines 91–93.
English (original)
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!
— Christopher Marlowe
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