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Genius is of no country her pure ray Spreads all abroad, as general as the day.
Charles Churchill
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Charles Churchill
Died: 1764
Died: November 4
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Satire, whilst envy and ill-humor sway The mind of man, must always make her way Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught, Is all her malice worth a single thought. The wise have not the will, nor fools the power, To stop her headstrong course within the hour Left to herself, she dies opposing strife Gives her fresh vigor, and prolongs her life.
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Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own.
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Genius is of no country.
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Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
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Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
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Patience is sorrow's salve.
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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.
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Even in a hero's heart Discretion is the better part.
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Wit, who never once Forgave a brother, shall forgive a dunce.
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Tis mighty easy o'er a glass of wine On vain refinements vainly to refine, To laugh at poverty in plenty's reign, To boast of apathy when out of pain, And in each sentence, worthy of the schools, Varnish'd with sophistry, to deal out rules Most fit for practice, but for one poor fault That into practice they can ne'er be brought.
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The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.
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Who, with tame cowardice familiar grown, would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own.
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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.
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Old Age, a second child, by nature curst With more and greater evils than the first, Weak, sickly, full of pains: in ev'ry breath Railing at life, and yet afraid of death.
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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.
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The oak, when living, monarch of the wood The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
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Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail.
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By different methods different men excel, but where is he who can do all things well?
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Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
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What is this world?--A term which men have got, To signify not one in ten knows what A term, which with no more precision passes To point out herds of men than herds of asses In common use no more it means, we find, Than many fools in same opinions joined.
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