"What rage for fame attends both great and……" — John Wolcot
"What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all."
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6 Quotes by John Wolcot
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Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.
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Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse…
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Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch,…
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Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry draws one out.
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A fellow in a market town, Most musical, cried razors up and down.
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