Edward Moore Quotes

March 22, 1712 – March 1, 1757

Edward Moore (March 22, 1712 – March 1, 1757) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, born at Abingdon, Berkshire.

Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies,And love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.

"Song XII" (c. 1750s), St. 3; (Poetical Works of Edward Moore, London: Cawthorn, 1797).

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I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

Edward Moore
— The Gamester (1753), Act ii. Sc. 2. Compare: "The potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice", Samuel Johnson, in Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. Chap. ii.

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’T is now the summer of your youth. Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.

Edward Moore
— The Gamester (1753), Act iii. Sc. 4.

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Can’t I another’s face commend,And to her virtues be a friend,But instantly your forehead lowers,As if her merit lessen’d yours?

Edward Moore
— The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat. Fable ix.

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The maid who modestly concealsHer beauties, while she hides, reveals;Give but a glimpse, and fancy drawsWhate’er the Grecian Venus was.

Edward Moore
— The Spider and the Bee. Fable x.

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But from the hoop’s bewitching round,Her very shoe has power to wound.

Edward Moore
— The Spider and the Bee. Fable x.

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Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth,And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.

Edward Moore
— The Happy Marriage.

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Labour for his pains.

Edward Moore
— The Boy and the Rainbow. Compare: "I have had my labour for my travail", William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act i., Sc. 1.

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I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, The Gamester, Act II, scene 2.

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But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, The Spider and the Bee, Fable X, line 29.

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Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat, Fable 9, line 5.

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Oh, this pernicious vice of gaming!

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, The Gamester, Act I, scene 1.

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I'll tell thee what it says; it calls me villain, a treacherous husband, a cruel father, a false brother; one lost to nature and her charities; or to say all in one short word, it calls me gamester.

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, The Gamester, Act II, scene 1.

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Ay, rail at gaming 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city you'll find a congregation in every tavern.

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, The Gamester, Act IV, scene 1.

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Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, and love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, Song XII (c. 1750s), St. 3.

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Time, still as he flies, adds increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.

Edward Moore
— Edward Moore, The Happy Marriage.

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