John Fletcher
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John Fletcher may refer to:
  • Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet
    Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet
    Lt.-Col. Sir John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet was a British baronet, who played first class cricket for Oxford and was a British Army soldier....

     (1912–1992), British soldier and cricketer
  • John Gould Fletcher
    John Gould Fletcher
    John Gould Fletcher was an Imagist poet and author. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a socially prominent family. After attending Phillips Academy, Andover Fletcher went on to Harvard University from 1903 to 1907, when he dropped out shortly after his father's death.Fletcher lived in...

     (1886–1950), Pulitzer Prize winner
  • John Fletcher Hurst
    John Fletcher Hurst
    John Fletcher Hurst was a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and first Chancellor of the American University in Washington, D.C.-Biography:...

     (1834–1903), Methodist bishop
  • John Fletcher (businessman)
    John Fletcher (businessman)
    John Fletcher is a former CEO of Coles Myer, the biggest retailer in Australia.Prior to Coles Myer, Fletcher was CEO of Brambles Industries, after a long career with them spanning 19 years, initially in an accounting role, and later in general management...

    , former CEO of Australian retail company Coles Group
  • John Fletcher (playwright)
    John Fletcher (playwright)
    John Fletcher was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's...

     (1579–1625), Jacobean playwright
  • John Fletcher (tubist)
    John Fletcher (tubist)
    John Fletcher was an English tuba player. Along with composer Derek Bourgeois he played tuba in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Both arrived at Cambridge where there was only one tuba position. Fletcher switched to horn, even performing Britten's Serenade for Tenor and Horn...

     (1941–1987), London Symphony Orchestra
  • John Edward Fletcher
    John Edward Fletcher
    John Edward Fletcher was a British-Australian scholar best known for his research and publications on Athanasius Kircher as well as several other Germans who had lived in and/or influenced Australia.-Education:...

     (1940–1992), Australian/British scholar
  • John William Fletcher
    John William Fletcher
    John William Fletcher , English divine, was born at Nyon in Switzerland, his original name being de la Fléchère....

     (1729–1785), leading Methodist
  • Jack Fletcher
    Jack Fletcher
    Jack Fletcher is a voice actor, casting director, and voice director. He has done voice casting and direction for many high-profile anime and video game projects. In addition, he is a well known and respected theatre director and teacher, having spent a number of years teaching and directing at the...

    , voice actor
  • John Walter Fletcher
    John Walter Fletcher
    John Walter Fletcher, 11 May 1847–28 February 1918 is widely regarded as the "father of Australian soccer" . He was also prominent in New South Wales as a teacher and a magistrate....

     (1847–1918), pioneer of soccer (Association football) in Australia
  • Sir John Fletcher, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Fletcher, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Samuel Fletcher, 1st Baronet JP was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...

     (1841–1924), British MP for Hampstead
  • John Shearer Fletcher
    John Shearer Fletcher
    John Shearer Fletcher was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn, in Auckland.-Member of Parliament:John Fletcher represented the Grey Lynn electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1928 to 1931.-Independent:...

     (1888–1934), New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lyn
  • John Fletcher (New South Wales politician), New South Wales state MP
  • John Fletcher (Queensland politician)
    John Fletcher (Queensland politician)
    John William Fletcher was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Port Curtis in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1920 to 1923....

    , Queensland state MP
  • John Fletcher (South Australian politician), South Australian state MP

  • John Fletcher Darby
    John Fletcher Darby
    John Fletcher Darby was a U.S. Representative from Missouri and the fourth mayor of St. Louis, Missouri.Darby was born in Person County, North Carolina. He moved with his father to Missouri in 1818, where he worked on a farm, before moving to Frankfort, Kentucky in 1825...

     (1803–1882), U.S.
Quotations

Man is his own star, and the soul that canRender an honest and a perfect manCommands all light, all influence, all fate.Nothing to him falls early, or too late.Our acts our angels are, or good or ill,Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

The Honest Man's Fortune (1647), epilogue. Compare: "Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, part i. sect. 2, memb. 1, subsect. 2.

That soul that canBe honest is the only perfect man.

The Honest Man's Fortune (1647), epilogue. Compare: "An honest man's the noblest work of God", Alexander Pope, Essay on Man, epistle iv. line 248.

Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan,Sorrow calls no time that's gone;Violets plucked, the sweetest rainMakes not fresh nor grow again.

The Queen of Corinth (1647), Act III, sc. ii. Compare: "Weep no more, Lady! weep no more, Thy sorrow is in vain; For violets plucked, the sweetest showers Will ne'er make grow again", Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, "The Friar of Orders Gray".

Of all the paths lead to a woman's lovePity's the straightest.

The Knight of Malta (1647), Act I, sc. i.

There is no jesting with edge tools.

The Little French Lawyer (1647), Act IV, sc. vii.

Let's meet and either do or die.

The Island Princess (1647), Act II, sc. iv. Compare: "Let us do or die", Robert Burns, Bannockburn; same in Thomas Campbell, Gertrude of Wyoming, part iii. stanza 37.

Hence, all you vain delights,As short as are the nightsWherein you spend your folly!There's naught in this life sweetBut only melancholy;O sweetest melancholy!

The Nice Valor (1647), Melancholy. Compare: "Naught so sweet as melancholy", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow;You shall perhaps not do't tomorrow.

Act II, sc. ii.

And he that will to bed go soberFalls with the leaf in October.

Act II, sc. ii. The following well-known catch, or glee, is formed on this song: "He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow".

Three merry boys, and three merry boys,And three merry boys are we.As ever did sing in a hempen stringUnder the gallows tree.

Act III, sc. iii. Compare: "Three merry men be we", George Peele, Old Wives' Tale, 1595. John Webster (quoted), Westward Hoe, 1607.

 
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