He is a noble gentleman; withal Happy in his endeavours: th… - John Ford

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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.

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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Green indiscretion, flattery of greatness,
Rawness of judgement, wilfulness in folly,
Thoughts vagrant as the wind, and as uncertain.

Flattery
Is monstrous in a true friend.

Tell us, pray, what devil
This melancholy is, which can transform
Men into monsters.

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