John Wilmot Quotes

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• I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.
• He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.
• 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…
• Man differs more from man than man from beast
• If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to the best wine in town,…
• Dead we become the lumber of the world.
• 'Tis dangerous to think - For who by thinking tempts his jealous Fate, Is straight arraign'd as Traytor to the State, And none that come…
• Late children are early orphans.
• Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange.
• Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense
• The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.
• Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy.
• All men would be cowards if they could.
• The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife.
• Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.
• any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense
• I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my…
• I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.
• I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.
• God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

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