"It having been a very cold night last……" — Samuel Pepys
"It having been a very cold night last night I had got some cold, and so in pain by wind, and a sure precursor of pain is sudden letting off farts, and when that stops, then my passages stop and my pain begins"
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Samuel Pepys
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17 Quotes by Samuel Pepys
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The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age…
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Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
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Thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my…
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.
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He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.
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I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up;…
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But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange.
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I do still see that my nature is not to be quite conquered, but will esteem pleasure above all things,…
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
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I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he…
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