"Statesman all over, in plots famous grown, He……" — Charles Churchill
"Statesman all over, in plots famous grown, He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a bone."
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Charles Churchill
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51 Quotes by Charles Churchill
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Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
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Those who would make us feel must feel themselves.
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Genius is independent of situation.
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No tribute is laid on castles in the air.
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Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife.
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Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
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Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies,…
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He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
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Genius is of no country.
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The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the…
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Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
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When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded…
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