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Familiar Quotations

Frolic

Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.–Robert Herrick

Frolic – "Play"

My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.–Anonymous

Play the music, not the instrument.–Anonymous

What we play is life.–Louis Armstrong

I'll play with it first and tell you what it is later.–Bette Davis

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.–Miles Davis

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.–T. S. Eliot

If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.–Ray Floyd

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.–R. Buckminster Fuller

Let a play have five acts neither more nor less.–Horace

• Preface iv
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Frolic 1
• Frolic – "Play" 1
• Use in Literature 3
• Frolic 3
• Frolic – "Children" 11
• Frolic – "Dancing" 12
• Frolic – "Full" 13
• Frolic – "Life" 13
• Frolic – "Little" 14
• Frolic – "Men" 14
• Frolic – "Merry" 15
• Frolic – "Play" 15
• Frolic – "Thoughts" 17
• Frolic – "Young" 18
• Nonfiction Usage 20
• Script Usage 20
• Journalism Usage 20
• Bibliographic Usage 20
• Encyclopedic Usage 38
• Lexicographic Usage 40
• Index 48