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Charles Churchill Quotes

And reputation bleeds in ev’ry word Picture Quote #1

Fame is nothing but an empty name Picture Quote #1

Enough of satire; in less hardened times great was her force, and mighty were her rhymes. I've read of men, beyond man's daring brave, who yet have trembled at the strokes she gave; whose souls have felt more terrible alarms from her one line, than from a world in arms Picture Quote #1

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read Picture Quote #1

He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone Picture Quote #1

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves Picture Quote #1

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The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel Picture Quote #1

The best things carried to excess are wrong Picture Quote #1

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor Picture Quote #1

Patience is sorrow's salve Picture Quote #1

It can't be nature, for it is not sense Picture Quote #1

Genius is of no country Picture Quote #1

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Genius is independent of situation Picture Quote #1

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still Picture Quote #1

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense Picture Quote #1

Truth! Why shall every wretch of letters dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, nor mutter accents of reproof; let ragged wit a mute become, when wealth and power would have her dumb Picture Quote #1

Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow Picture Quote #1

A six-foot suckling, mincing in its gait, affected, peevish, prim and delicate; fearful it seemed tho' of athletic make, lest brutal breezes should so roughly shake its tender form, and savage motion spread o'er its pale cheeks, the horrid manly red Picture Quote #1

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As the law does think fit no butchers shall on juries sit Picture Quote #1

A servile race who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules Picture Quote #1

England, a happy land we know, where follies naturally grow, where without culture they arise, and tower above the common size Picture Quote #1

Fashion - a word which knaves and fools may use, their knavery and folly to excuse Picture Quote #1

Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, defacing first, then claiming for his own Picture Quote #1

England, a fortune telling host, as numerous as the stars could boast; matrons, who toss the cup, and see the grounds of fate in grounds of tea Picture Quote #1

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The surest road to health, say what they will, is never to suppose we shall be ill. Most of those evils we poor mortals know from doctors and imagination flow Picture Quote #1

The surest way to health, say what they will, is never to suppose we shall be ill; most of the ills which we poor mortals know from doctors and imagination flow Picture Quote #1

Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, who understands the time and place, the person, manner, and the grace, which fools neglect; so that we find, if all the requisites are join'd, from whence a perfect joke must spring, a joke's a very serious thing Picture Quote #1

Genius is of no country; her pure ray spreads all abroad, as general as the day Picture Quote #1

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest Picture Quote #1

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest Picture Quote #1

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And reputation bleeds in ev’ry word (Charles Churchill Quotes) Fame is nothing but an empty name (Charles Churchill Quotes) Enough of satire; in less hardened times great was her force, and mighty were her rhymes. I've read of men, beyond man's daring brave, who yet have trembled at the strokes she gave; whose souls have felt more terrible alarms from her one line, than from a world in arms (Charles Churchill Quotes) Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read (Charles Churchill Quotes) He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone (Charles Churchill Quotes) Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves (Charles Churchill Quotes) The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel (Charles Churchill Quotes) The best things carried to excess are wrong (Charles Churchill Quotes) Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor (Charles Churchill Quotes) Patience is sorrow's salve (Charles Churchill Quotes) It can't be nature, for it is not sense (Charles Churchill Quotes) Genius is of no country (Charles Churchill Quotes) Genius is independent of situation (Charles Churchill Quotes) Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still (Charles Churchill Quotes) To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense (Charles Churchill Quotes) Truth! Why shall every wretch of letters dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, nor mutter accents of reproof; let ragged wit a mute become, when wealth and power would have her dumb (Charles Churchill Quotes) Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow (Charles Churchill Quotes) A six-foot suckling, mincing in its gait, affected, peevish, prim and delicate; fearful it seemed tho' of athletic make, lest brutal breezes should so roughly shake its tender form, and savage motion spread o'er its pale cheeks, the horrid manly red (Charles Churchill Quotes) As the law does think fit no butchers shall on juries sit (Charles Churchill Quotes) A servile race who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules (Charles Churchill Quotes) England, a happy land we know, where follies naturally grow, where without culture they arise, and tower above the common size (Charles Churchill Quotes) Fashion - a word which knaves and fools may use, their knavery and folly to excuse (Charles Churchill Quotes) Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, defacing first, then claiming for his own (Charles Churchill Quotes) England, a fortune telling host, as numerous as the stars could boast; matrons, who toss the cup, and see the grounds of fate in grounds of tea (Charles Churchill Quotes) The surest road to health, say what they will, is never to suppose we shall be ill. Most of those evils we poor mortals know from doctors and imagination flow (Charles Churchill Quotes) The surest way to health, say what they will, is never to suppose we shall be ill; most of the ills which we poor mortals know from doctors and imagination flow (Charles Churchill Quotes) Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, who understands the time and place, the person, manner, and the grace, which fools neglect; so that we find, if all the requisites are join'd, from whence a perfect joke must spring, a joke's a very serious thing (Charles Churchill Quotes) Genius is of no country; her pure ray spreads all abroad, as general as the day (Charles Churchill Quotes) Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest (Charles Churchill Quotes) Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest (Charles Churchill Quotes)

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