Pretences Quotes 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.

— Roger L'Estrange

Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain.

— 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…

— Roger L'Estrange

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.

— Roger L'Estrange

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit.

— Roger L'Estrange

Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.

— Roger L'Estrange

We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end.

— Roger L'Estrange

He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.

— 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.

— Roger L'Estrange

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal

— Roger L'Estrange

Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.

— 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…

— Roger L'Estrange