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.

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.

any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense

Love’s chemistry thrives best in equal heat.

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.

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.

Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.

I’d be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.

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

Custom does often reason overrule.

All men would be cowards if they could.

Natural freedoms are but just: There’s something generous in mere lust.

Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.

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.

I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.

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.

Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.

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.

The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.

Man differs more from man than man from beast

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.