John Wilmot
John Wilmot
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester was the embodiment of the new era, and he is as well known for his rakish lifestyle as his poetry, although the two were often interlinked. He died at the age of 33 from venereal disease...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1647
freedoms generous james mere
...Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust. (A Ramble in St James Park)
freedoms generous mere natural
Natural freedoms are but just:There's something generous in mere lust.
english-writer men
For all men would be cowards if they durst.
age hand life painful search
Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand,Lead him to death, and make him understand,After a search so painful and so long,That all his life he has been in the wrong.
age hand lead life painful search
Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a search so painful and so long, That all his life he has been in the wrong.
difference far men
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. . . .
coward-and-cowardice difference far men
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. . . .
lows lays saviour
Whenever you preach, be sure that you lift the Saviour high and lay the sinner low.
drug theatre quality
The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.
hate thrones france
All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.
suits vices want
Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense
dream dog doors
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.
law strange constancy
Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange.
children orphan late
Late children are early orphans.