"When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short……" — Charles Churchill
"When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives."
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51 Quotes by Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill has 51 quotes on this site.
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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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More Abroad Quotes
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long…
— Saint Augustine
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By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
— Saint Augustine
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Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
— Alec Baldwin
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America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
— John Quincy Adams
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for…
— Bill Bryson
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Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
— Samuel Butler
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The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a…
— Tucker Carlson
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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly…
— William Ellery Channing
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own…
— Winston Churchill
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to…
— Kofi Annan
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We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it…
— Edward Kennedy
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