I have spent Many a silent night in sighs and groans, Ran o… - John Ford

" "
I have spent
Many a silent night in sighs and groans,
Ran over all my thoughts, despised my fate,
Reasoned against the reasons of my love,
Done all that smoothed-cheek Virtue could advise,
But found all bootless: 'tis my destiny
That you must either love, or I must die.

John Ford

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About John Ford

John Ford (1586 – c. 1640) was one of the last English playwrights in the great Jacobean school that produced Marlowe, William Shakespeare and Jonson.

All quotes from John Ford Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John Ford:

William Shakespeare Lord Byron John Dryden William Butler Yeats John Conington

Additional quotes by John Ford

Never. It's awful. When I am asked why I hardly ever move the camera, I answer that the actors are better paid than the stagehands and grips, so it's normal that they should work and move about a little more. You should never use technical gimmicks to create emotion.

Nice philosophy
May tolerate unlikely arguments,
But heaven admits no jest.

Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds.

I have spent Many a silent night in sighs and groans, Ran over all my thoughts, despised my fate, Reasoned against the reasons of my love, Done all t… - John Ford

About John Ford

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by John Ford

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI