John Fletcher Quotes
Great actions speak great minds.
Fletcher, John, and Philip Massinger. The Prophetess. Act 2, Scene 3. The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, vol. 2, Edward Moxon, 1840, p. 11.
He was referring to the fact that many great men had early views that people find shocking because they are so unexpected based on their mature writings or speeches. But most great men develop personally and intellectually over their career. As an example, see {616330} for an early racist, prejudiced view of Negro laborers.
John Fletcher (1579–1625) 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; during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's. He collaborated on writing plays with Francis Beaumont, and also with Shakespeare on two plays.
