A wise man likes that best that is itself
- DMI number:
- 13908
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- A wise man likes that best that is itself
- Last Line:
- Not that which only seemes though it look fairer
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Fletcher
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- query: source?
- Author:
- Thomas Middleton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Taylor et al. (2007): 1090 (extract from 'The Widdow', Act 2, Scene 1).
- Title:
- The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.120
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Johnson, Fletcher and Middleton's Widow
- Attributed To:
- Thomas MiddletonJohn Fletcher
Poem Aliases
Middleton. Widow. Act 2.
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