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John Wilmot Quotes

John Wilmot Quotes.

Thus, statesmanlike, I’ll saucily impose,
And safe from action, valiantly advise;
Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows,
And being good for nothing else, be wise.
John Wilmot
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.
John Wilmot
any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense
John Wilmot
Love’s chemistry thrives best in equal heat.
John Wilmot
Now piercГЁd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it. She hears a broken amorous groan, The panting lover’s fainting moan, Just in the happy minute.
John Wilmot
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.
John Wilmot
Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.
John Wilmot
Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.
John Wilmot
I’d be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.
John Wilmot
He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.
John Wilmot
Custom does often reason overrule.
John Wilmot
All men would be cowards if they could.
John Wilmot
Natural freedoms are but just: There’s something generous in mere lust.
John Wilmot
Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.
John Wilmot
For Hell and the foul fiend that rules
God’s everlasting fiery jails
(Devised by rogues, dreaded by fools),
With his grim, grisly dog that keeps the door,
Are senseless stories, idle tales,
Dreams, whimseys, and no more.
John Wilmot
I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.
John Wilmot
To pick out the wildest and most fantastical odd man alive, and to place your kindness there, is an act so brave and daring as will show the greatness of your spirit and distinguish you in love, as you are in all things else, from womankind.
John Wilmot
Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.
John Wilmot
I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind.
John Wilmot
The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.
John Wilmot
Man differs more from man than man from beast
John Wilmot
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.
John Wilmot