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John Wilmot quotes: All men would be cowards if they could. All men would be cowards if they could.
John Wilmot quotes: Then, if to make your ruin more,You'll peevishly be coy,Die with the scandal of a whoreAnd never know the joy. Then, if to make your ruin more,
You'll peevishly be coy,
Die with the scandal of a whore
And never know the joy.
John Wilmot quotes: He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one. He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.
John Wilmot quotes: Born to myself, I like myself alone. Born to myself, I like myself alone.
John Wilmot quotes: A kind of losing loadum is their game,Where the worst writer has the greatest fame. A kind of losing loadum is their game,
Where the worst writer has the greatest fame.
John Wilmot quotes: Man differs more from man than man from beast Man differs more from man than man from beast
John Wilmot quotes: Whenever you preach, be sure that you lift the Saviour high and lay the sinner low. Whenever you preach, be sure that you lift the Saviour high and lay the sinner low.
John Wilmot quotes: Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense
John Wilmot quotes: The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality. The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.
John Wilmot quotes: I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life. I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.
John Wilmot quotes: Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange. Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange.
John Wilmot quotes: Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find Love, the most generous passion of the mind
The softest refuge innocence can find
John Wilmot quotes: I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater. I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.
John Wilmot quotes: The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife. The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife.
John Wilmot quotes: For all Men would be Cowards if they durst: And Honesty's against all common Sense. For all Men would be Cowards if they durst:
And Honesty's against all common Sense.
John Wilmot quotes: Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence. Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.
John Wilmot quotes: I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind. I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind.
John Wilmot quotes: All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on,From the hector of France to the cully of Britain. All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on,
From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.
John Wilmot quotes: Angels listen when she speaks; She's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder. Angels listen when she speaks; She's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder.
John Wilmot quotes: Any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense Any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense
John Wilmot quotes: Bawdy in thoughts, precise in words,Ill-natured though a whore,Her belly is a bag of turds,And her cunt a common shore. Bawdy in thoughts, precise in words,
Ill-natured though a whore,
Her belly is a bag of turds,
And her cunt a common shore.
John Wilmot quotes: How blest was the created stateOf man and woman, ere they fell,Compared to our unhappy fate:We need not fear another hell. How blest was the created state
Of man and woman, ere they fell,
Compared to our unhappy fate:
We need not fear another hell.
John Wilmot quotes: Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust. Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust.
John Wilmot quotes: Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy. Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy.
John Wilmot quotes: Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories. Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.
John Wilmot quotes: Cupid and Bacchus my saints are,May drink and love still reign,With wine I wash away my cares,And then to cunt again. Cupid and Bacchus my saints are,
May drink and love still reign,
With wine I wash away my cares,
And then to cunt again.
John Wilmot quotes: Merely for safety, after fame we thirst, For all men would be cowards if they durst. Merely for safety, after fame we thirst,
For all men would be cowards if they durst.
John Wilmot quotes: Custom does often reason overrule. Custom does often reason overrule.
John Wilmot quotes: Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat. Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat.
John Wilmot quotes: Late children are early orphans. Late children are early orphans.
John Wilmot quotes: The entire piece has been devised with the French in mind. In France, fornication in the streets with total strangers is *compulsory*. The entire piece has been devised with the French in mind. In France, fornication in the streets with total strangers is *compulsory*.
John Wilmot quotes: I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational. I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.
John Wilmot quotes: Farewell, woman! I intendHenceforth every night to sitWith my lewd, well-natured friend,Drinking to engender wit. Farewell, woman! I intend
Henceforth every night to sit
With my lewd, well-natured friend,
Drinking to engender wit.
John Wilmot quotes: Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it. Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.
John Wilmot quotes: Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the Degree. Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves.
The Difference lies, as far as I can see,
Not in the thing it self, but the Degree.
John Wilmot quotes: Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories. Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.
John Wilmot quotes: God bless our good and gracious King,Whose promise none relies on;Who never said a foolish thing,Nor ever did a wise one. 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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