20 ordspråk av John Wilmot (2nd Earl of Rochester)

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John Wilmot (2nd Earl of Rochester) föddes den April 1st 1647 och dog den 26 July 1680
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 Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.

 E'en her fair hand, which might bid heat return To Frozen age, and make old hermits burn, Applied to my dead cinder, warms no more Than fire to ashes, could past flames restore

 For all men would be cowards if they durst

 He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one

 It is a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend, or to live in; but to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own, It is the very worst world that ever was known

 The only objection against the Bible is a bad life

 Womankind more joy discovers, Making fools, than keeping lovers

 A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.

 Ancient person, for whom I
All the flattering youth defy,
Long be it ere thou grow old,
Aching, shaking, crazy, cold;
But still continue as thou art,
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 And ever since the Conquest have been fools.

 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.


 Dead, we become the lumber of the world.

 Ere time and place were, time and place were not;
Where primitive nothing something straight begot;
Then all proceeded from the great united what.


 Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.

 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. . . .



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