Tempt not the stars, young man, thou canst not play With th… - John Ford

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Tempt not the stars, young man, thou canst not play
With the severity of fate.

John Ford

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

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There's not a hair
Sticks on my head but, like a leaden plummet,
It sinks me to the grave: I must creep thither;
The journey is not long.

He is a noble gentleman; withal
Happy in his endeavours: the general voice
Sounds him for courtesy, behaviour, language,
And every fair demeanour, an example:
Titles of honour add not to his worth;
Who is himself an honour to his title.

He hath shook hands with time.

Tempt not the stars, young man, thou canst not play With the severity of fate. - John Ford

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