Quotes Tagged With :faustus

(Marlowe's) Faustus stubbornly reverts to his atheistic beliefs and continues his elementary pagan re-education....

In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder....

Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land....

Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending....

Man is mortal. This is his fate. Man pretends not to be mortal. That is his sin. Man is a creature of....

Upon the publication of Goethe’s epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable....

The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike

Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledgefor mankind in polished speechesthat are no more than vaporous....

... Faustus ... dared to confirm he had advanced beyond the level of a scarlet sinner — he was a conscious....

... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.