Reason, an Ignis fatuus of the Mind, Which leaves the light of Nature, Sense, behind.
John Wilmot (2nd Earl of Rochester)
Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange
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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
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It is a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend, or to live in; but to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own, It is the very worst world that ever was known
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Then Old Age, and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a Search so painful, and so long, That all his Life he has been in the wrong.
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The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, Is the best can be said for a very good wife.
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Great Negative, how vainly would the Wise Enquire, define, distinguish, teach, devise, Didst thou not stand to point their dull Philosophies? Is, or is not, the Two great Ends of Fate, And, true or false, the Subject of Debate, That perfect, or destroy, the vast Designs of Fate.
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The world appears like a great family, Whose lord, oppressed with pride and poverty, (That to the few great bounty he may show) Is fain to starve the numerous train below.
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Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.
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Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one.
Were I, who to my Cost already am One of those strange, prodigious Creatures Man, A Spirit free, to choose for my own Share, What sort of Flesh and Blood I pleas'd to wear, I'd be a Dog, a Monkey, or a Bear, Or any thing, but that vain Animal, Who is so proud of being Rational.
It is a good world to live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in; But to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own, It is the very worst world that ever was known.
For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse.
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The Elephant is never won with Anger, Nor must that man, who would reclaim a Lion, Take him by the teeth.
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We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on; He never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.
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