Christopher Marlowe

Birth: 1564-02-06 , Cantuária

Death: 1593-05-30 , Deptford

Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is the foremost of the short-lived generation of playwrights who were Shakespeare's contemporaries. He was the greatest tragedian of his day and, along with William Shakespeare, was one of the few English playwrights of the period to gain a reputation for both great dramatic skill and literary merit.

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The world, in its sheer exuberance of kindness, will try to bury the poet with warm and lovely human trivialities. It will even ask him to autograph books.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

All places are alike, / And every earth is fit for burial.

One of the most valuable philosophical features of journalism is that it realizes that truth is not a solid but a fluid.

Blessed is the satirist; and blessed the ironist; blessed the witty scoffer, and blessed the sentimentalist; for each, having seen one spoke of the wheel, thinks to have seen all, and is content.

A mind too proud to unbend oyer the small ridicu- losa of life is as painful as a library with no trash in it.

What are kings, when regiment is goiie, / But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?

There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.

Truth is the strong eompost in which beauty may sometimes germinate.

America is still a government of the naive, for the naive, and by the naive. He who does not know this, nor relish it, has no inkling of the nature of his country.

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Christopher Marlowe, born in Canterbury on February 6, 1564, was a prominent playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. He is considered one of the precursors of William Shakespeare and one of the greatest dramatists of his time. His most famous works include "The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus" and "Tamburlaine the Great". Marlowe was known for his vivid style and powerful language, exploring complex themes such as ambition, power, and human nature. His life was marked by controversies, including accusations of atheism and espionage activities. He died tragically in London at the age of 29, under circumstances still debated. Despite his short career, Marlowe's impact on English literature is immeasurable.