in matters of love men's eyes are always bigger than their bellies. They have violent appetites, 'tis true, but they have soon dined.
Plays - Página 93 http://books.google.com/books?id=TCUJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA93, de John Vanbrugh - Publicado por Printed for J. Tonson and M. Wellington, and sold by William Taylor, 1719
John Vanbrugh frases e citações
John Vanbrugh: Frases em inglês
“Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.”
The Relapse, Act II, sc. 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=lIQUAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Thinking+is+to+me+the+greatest+fatigue+in+the+world%22&pg=PA27#v=onepage (1697)
“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.”
The Confederacy, Act I, sc ii.
“Once a woman has given you her heart you can never get rid of the rest of her.”
The Relapse, Act II, sc. i (1697)
The Provoked Husband. Act I, sc. i (1728)
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