John Wilmot Quotes - Page 2
Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy.
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2006). “The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester”, p.65, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2006). “The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester”, p.5, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
For all Men would be Cowards if they durst: And Honesty's against all common Sense.
'A Satire Against Mankind' (1679) l. 158
John Wilmot, John Adlard (2002). “The Debt to Pleasure: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, in the Eyes of His Contemporaries and in His Own Poetry and Prose”, p.110, Taylor & Francis
All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.
John Wilmot, John Adlard (2002). “The Debt to Pleasure: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, in the Eyes of His Contemporaries and in His Own Poetry and Prose”, p.74, Taylor & Francis