Samuel Foote Quotes


"So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber."
- Samuel Foote
(Related: Time, Garden)

"Death and the dice level all distinctions."
- Samuel Foote
(Related: Death)

"Born in a cellar... and living in a garret."
- Samuel Foote
(Related: Living)

"When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent."
- Samuel Foote
(Related: Land, Learning)