Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill
men guilt infamous
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
couple men wife
Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife.
independent genius situation
Genius is independent of situation.
wise home men
There's a strange something, which without a brain Fools feel, and which e'en wise men can't explain, Planted in man, to bind him to that earth, In dearest ties, from whence he drew his birth.
attitude feels
Those who would make us feel must feel themselves.
stupid reading skulls
With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
patience sorrow
Patience is sorrow's salve.
hurt praise hurt-me
He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
purses firsts gypsy
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.
health doctors imagination
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.
air waste desert
Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
truth lying believe
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
envy resentment whim
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
faults want copies
To copy faults is want of sense.