of studies, revenge, dream children, faustus and waiting for godot
Francis Bacon’s “Of Studies” and “Of Revenge”:
Of Studies – Important Lines
“Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.”
“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
“Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them.”
“Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle.”
Of Revenge – Important Lines
“Revenge is a kind of wild justice.”
“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”
“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
“The glory of a man is to pass by an offence.”
“That which is past is gone and irrevocable
Dream children lamb important lines from text
“Children love to listen to stories about their elders, when they were children.”
→ Beautiful opening line about memory and storytelling.
“She was so good and religious.”
→ About Grandmother Field’s noble character.
“I missed his kindness, and I missed his crossness.”
→ Emotional line showing Lamb’s love for his brother John.
“For seven long years… I courted the fair Alice W——n.”
→ Shows his lost love and regret.
“We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams.”
→ The most famous climax line.
“We are only what might have been.”
→ Central theme of lost possibilities.
“I found myself quietly seated in my bachelor armchair.”
Important lines from dr. Faustus
Important Lines
“A sound magician is a mighty god.”
→ Ambition / Pride
“Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed.”
→ Hell / Damnation
“Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it.”
→ Mephistophilis on suffering
“Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships?”
→ Helen’s beauty / Famous quote
“Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.”
→ Illusion / Desire
“Now hast thou but one bare hour to live.”
→ Fear / Final repentance
“Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven.”
→ Faustus wants time to stop
“Ugly hell, gape not! come not, Lucifer!”
→ Terror before death
“I’ll burn my books!”
→ Realization / Tragic end
“Faustus is gone: regard his hellish fall.”
→ Moral lesson / Chorus
Waiting for godot
Important Quotes
“Nothing to be done.”
– The opening line; shows the absurdity and helplessness of life.
“Let’s go.”
“We can’t.”
“Why not?”
“We’re waiting for Godot.”
– The central idea of the play: human beings endlessly wait for meaning or hope.
“Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful!”
– Highlights the monotony, boredom, and emptiness of existence.
“Habit is a great deadener.”
– Shows how routine makes life mechanical and meaningless.
“We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist?”
– A very important existential line about proving one’s existence.
“Well? Shall we go?”
“Yes, let’s go.”
(They do not move.)
– The famous ending; shows inaction and endless waiting.
