We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

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After the favorable reception of Love and a Bottle Farquhar decided to devote himself to playwriting. He was buried in the Church of St. )


See also
List of Northern Irish writers
Timberlake Wertenbaker.

George Farquhar (1677 – 29 April 1707) was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy particularly for his plays The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707).