Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Macklin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Irish dramatist Charles Macklin.

Last updated on December 24, 2024.

Charles Macklin, , was an Irish actor and dramatist who performed extensively at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Macklin revolutionised theatre in the 18th century by introducing a "natural style" of acting. He is also famous for accidentally killing a man during a fight over a wig at the same theatre.

Irish - Dramatist | September 26, 1690 - July 11, 1797

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The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.

Charles Macklin

You are as welcome as the flowers in May.

Charles Macklin

The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it.

Charles Macklin

My lord, lawyers are a dangerous species of animals till ha'e any dependence upon--they are always starting punctilios and deeficulties among friends. Why, my dear lord, it is their interest that aw mankind should be at variance; for disagreement is the vary manure wi' which they enrich and fatten the land of leetigation; and as they find that constantly produces the best crop, depend upon it they will always be sure till lay it on ass thick ass they can.

Charles Macklin

Every tub must stand upon its bottom.

Charles Macklin

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Charles Macklin