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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.

Dead we become the lumber of the world.

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2006). “The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester”, p.5, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense

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