John Tobin Quotes

January 28, 1770 – December 7, 1804

John Tobin (January 28, 1770 – December 7, 1804) was a British playwright, who was for most of his life unsuccessful, but in the year of his death made a hit with The Honey Moon.

The man that lays his hand upon a woman, save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom t'were gross flattery to name a coward.

The Honeymoon (1770), Act ii. Sc. 1.

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She's adorned amply that in her husband’s eye looks lovely,—the truest mirror that an honest wife can see her beauty in.

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— The Honeymoon (1770), Act iii. Sc. 4.

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