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Samuel Pepys quotes: But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange.

But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange.

Samuel Pepys quotes: Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.

Samuel Pepys quotes: I see it is impossible for the King to have things done as cheap as other men.

I see it is impossible for the King to have things done as cheap as other men.

Samuel Pepys quotes: Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

Samuel Pepys quotes: My wife, who, poor wretch, is troubled with her lonely life.

My wife, who, poor wretch, is troubled with her lonely life.

Samuel Pepys quotes: Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.

Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.

Samuel Pepys quotes: Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.

Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.

Samuel Pepys quotes: But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.

But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.

Samuel Pepys quotes: He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.

He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.

Samuel Pepys quotes: Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.

Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.

Samuel Pepys quotes: At the Royall Oake Taverne, I drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with.

At the Royall Oake Taverne, I drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with.

Samuel Pepys quotes: Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.

Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.

Samuel Pepys quotes: A fish kept in a glass of water will live forever

A fish kept in a glass of water will live forever

Samuel Pepys quotes: I know not how to abstain from reading.

I know not how to abstain from reading.

Samuel Pepys quotes: As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!