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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Charles Churchill
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Charles Churchill
Died: 1764
Died: November 4
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City of Westminster
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Wit, who never once Forgave a brother, shall forgive a dunce.
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Enough of self, that darling luscious theme, O'er which philosophers in raptures dream Of which with seeming disregard they write Then prizing most when most they seem to slight.
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Gipsies, who every ill can cure, Except the ill of being poor Who charms 'gainst love and agues sell, Who can in hen-roost set a spell, Prepar'd by arts, to them best known To catch all feet except their own, Who, as to fortune, can unlock it, As easily as pick a pocket.
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With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
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Genius is of no country.
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The best things carried to excess are wrong.
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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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Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
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Nature, through all her works, in great degree, Borrows a blessing from variety. Music itself her needful aid requires To rouse the soul, and wake our dying fires.
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Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
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Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, And drawl out measur'd prose, which they call verse.
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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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If you mean to profit, learn to praise.
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Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
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Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
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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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And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.
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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.
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By different methods different men excel, but where is he who can do all things well?
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Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
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