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> [Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/intemperate-wits-will-spare-neither-friend-nor-foe-and-make/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

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## More by Roger L'Estrange

> [He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/he-that-would-live-clear-of-envy-must-lay-his-finger-on-his-mouth-and/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/humor-is-the-offspring-of-man-it-comes-forth-like-minerva-fully-armed/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/some-people-are-all-quality-you-would-think-they-are-made-up-of/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/men-indulge-those-opinions-and-practices-that-favor-their-pretensions/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/it-is-one-of-the-vexatious-mortifications-of-a-studious-man-to-have/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/figure-flingers-and-star-gazers-pretend-to-foretell-the-fortunes-of/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/we-never-think-of-the-main-business-of-life-till-a-vain-repentance/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/he-that-serves-god-for-money-will-serve-the-devil-for-better-wages/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Nothing is so fierce but love will soften; nothing so sharp-sighted in other matters but it will throw a mist before its eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/nothing-is-so-fierce-but-love-will-soften-nothing-so-sharp-sighted-in/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/a-universal-applause-is-seldom-less-than-two-thirds-of-a-scandal/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/unruly-ambition-is-deaf-not-only-to-the-advice-of-friends-but-to-the/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/there-is-no-contending-with-necessity-and-we-should-be-very-tender/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/ingratitude-is-abhorred-by-god-and-man/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/the-fairest-blossoms-of-pleasantry-thrive-best-where-the-sun-is-not/)

[Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/)

> [Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/some-natures-are-so-sour-and-ungrateful-that-they-are-never-to-be/)

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