Britain Quote by John Wilmot

“All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.”

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“BOLLOXIMIAN: My pleasures for new cunts I will uphold, And have reserves of kindness for the old. I grant in absence dildo may be used With milk of goats, when once our seed’s infused. My prick no more to bald cunt shall resort— Merkins rub off, and often spoil the sport. POCKENELLO: Let merkin, sir, be banished from the court.…

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For Hell and the foul fiend that rules God's everlasting fiery jails (Devised by rogues, dreaded by fools), With his grim, grisly dog that…

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He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.

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Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find

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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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Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense

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“This signior is sound, safe, ready, and dumb As ever was candle, carrot, or thumb; Then away with these nasty devices, and show How…

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Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust.

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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.

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Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat.

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Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.

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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.

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